A woman painting in Moranbong park, in Pyongyang

A couple getting married in Moranbong Park. This is how couples dress on their wedding day in North Korea

Young pioneers in the Pyongyang Grand Theater. Some of the kids are giving the pioneer salute.

Young pioneers in the Pyongyang Grand Theater.

We slept on the floor in this hotel (no, it wasn't comfortable!) at Kaesong -- Minsok hotel (folk customs hotel)

Me on the exact center between North and South Korea, flanked by North Korean military (Inside the UN administered building at the Panmunjom)

Two US military came out to check on us while we were touring the DMZ from the North Korean side

The DMZ from the North Korean side-- Joint Security Area / Truce village (Panmunjom)

Looking over the DMZ with a North Korean lieutenant. The UN military is on the mountain behind us (Concrete wall lookout post)

The North Korean tour group in front of the "Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification"