Passengers enter a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





The 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel, the highest building under construction in North Korea, is seen behind residential buildings in Pyongyang, North Korea, early October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A soldier (R) welcomes foreign reporters and officials at the doors of War Museum during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Women dance waving red flags by the road in central Pyongyang, North Korea early October 9, 2015. North Korea is getting ready to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea on October 10. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A mural decorates War Museum during a government organised tour for foreign reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Commuters make their way through a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A soldier stands guard at the doors of the War Museum visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





The top of the 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel, the highest building under construction in North Korea, is seen in Pyongyang, North Korea early October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





People play basketball in central Pyongyang, North Korea early October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A man reads newspapers displayed inside a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





People enter a subway station in central Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Passengers sit inside a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A girl holds a red balloon as she and others wait for a train at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





"Soldier-builders" perform their morning activities on banks of Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea early October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Passengers travel on a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Residential buildings are seen in central Pyongyang, North Korea early October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Two railway workers chat in front of a flower mural inside a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A boy sits next to a woman inside a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A railway worker looks from inside a train leaving a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





People use escalators to leave a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A man looks from inside a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A man looks from inside a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A young woman reads newspapers displayed inside a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Commuters make their way through a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A newly built residential building is seen at sunrise in central Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





Military personnel cross a bridge in central Pyongyang, North Korea early October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A railway worker looks from inside a train leaving a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A soldier arrives to welcome foreign reporters and officials at the War Museum during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A statue is seen at the War Museum during a government organised tour for foreign reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A soldier (C) talks to foreign reporters at the War Museum during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





An elderly man arrives at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. One of the world's most inaccessible places, North Korea has invited foreign journalists to Pyongyang this week for celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party scheduled for October 10. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





This picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 8, 2015 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) waving to a crowd from a bus while inspecting a newly-built village at Paekhak-dong in Sonbong District of flood-hit Rason City. (Photo by AFP Photo/KCNA via KNS)





A North Korean traffic police woman directs vehicles at an intersection, Tuesday, September 15, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea, as residents commute at the end of the work day. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





North Koreans riding on the back of a pickup truck carry props to be used during upcoming anniversary celebrations, Thursday, October 8, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The country is in high gear with preparations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korea's Workers' Party on Oct. 10. 2015. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In this Sunday, August 23, 2015 photo, North Koreans read the public copy of a daily newspaper on the platform of a subway station in Pyongyang, North Kroea. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





Residents attempt to clear flood debris from under a bridge in the city of Rajin in North Korea in this August 22, 2015 picture taken by a recent visitor. Heavy rain in North Korea killed 40 people, stranded thousands in flash floods and caused “massive” damage on the weekend, the International Federation of the Red Cross and North Korean media said. More than 11,000 people were forced from their homes or otherwise affected by the floods, which hit the northeastern city of Rajin, near the border with Russia and China, on Saturday and Sunday, Hler Gudjonsson, a spokesman for the Red Cross in Beijing told Reuters. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





In this August 16, 2015 photo, people queue up at kiosk in Pyongyang, North Korea. Street stalls that offer North Koreans a place to spend – or make – money on everything from snow cones to DVDs are flourishing in Pyongyang and other North Korean cities, modest but growing forms of private commerce in a country where capitalism is officially anathema. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





A newlywed couple pose, during a photo shoot on Sijung Ho beach in North Korea, Tuesday, August 18, 2015. The couple gathered with their friends and family members to have their pictures taken after their wedding ceremony. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





A man leads his cow to pull a cart near Wonsan, North Korea, Tuesday, August 18, 2015. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





Locals push their bicycles past a large painting depicting North Korean leaders Kum Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il in Wonsan, North Korea, Monday, August 17, 2015. The port city on the country's east coast is a popular destination for foreign and local vacationers. (Photo by Dita Alangkara/AP Photo)





North Korean women wearing traditional dresses gather for rehearsals, Wednesday, October 7, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea in preparation for the 70th anniversary of the founding of their country's ruling party on Oct. 10, 2015. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





North Koreans carry decorative flowers to be used during upcoming anniversary celebrations, Thursday, October 8, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





North Koreans carry decorative flowers to be used during upcoming anniversary celebrations on their bicycles, Thursday, October 8, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





A man cycles past a signboard marking the upcoming 70th anniversary of the founding of North Korea's Workers' Party, Thursday, October 8, 2015, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





People make preparations for the upcoming anniversary celebrations in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, October 8, 2015. The country is in high gear with preparations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the North Korea Workers' Party on Oct. 10. (Photo by Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)





A woman waits for a train as man walks through a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea October 9, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)