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AP photographer Wong Maye-E tries to get her North Korean subjects to open up as much as is possible in an authoritarian country with no tolerance for dissent and great distrust of foreigners. She has taken dozens of portraits of North Koreans over the past three years, often after breaking the ice by taking photos with an instant camera and sharing them. Her question for everyone she photographs: What is your motto? Their answers reflect both their varied lives and the government that looms incessantly over all of them. Here: In this June 21, 2016, photo, Ri Nam Hae, left, and Kil Myong Kyong, both 16-years old, pose for a portrait at a pier in Wonsan, North Korea. Ri wants to be a journalist and her motto is to “spread the country's propaganda to the world”. Kil's motto: “I want to uphold Marshal Kim Jong Un and North Korea with my rifle”. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)
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