A guard reads a newspaper article announcing the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, at a subway station in Pyongyang on November 28, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Korean People' s Army (KPA) soldiers walk past a propaganda painting displayed at the joint security area and Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea, in Panmunjom near Kaesong on November 30, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Commuters walk through a subway station in Pyongyang on November 28, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Female students of the Pyongyang International Football Academy take part in a training and aerobics session in Pyongyang on December 2, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A general view shows the Monument to the Founding of the Workers Party (top R) and the Pyongyang city skyline on November 28, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Children throw snacks to bears in an enclosure in the Central Zoo on the outskirts of Pyongyang on November 27, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A child stands before a propaganda mosaic in Pyongyang, North Korea on December 1, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





In a photo taken on November 29, 2016 tourists pose for a photo atop the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Traffic police stand at the side of a road in Pyongyang on November 25, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A group of women gather on a street in Pyongyang on November 27, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A child exits an underpass beside a road in Pyongyang on November 27, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





People dance to folk music beneath a pavillion in a park in Pyongyang on November 25, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A bride and groom walk with relatives and friends as they prepare to pose for their wedding photos by the Taedong river in Pyongyang on November 25, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A bride and groom throw water in the air as they pose for photos in a park in Pyongyang on November 25, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A bride and groom wave as they pose for their wedding photos aboard a boat on the Taedong river in Pyongyang on November 25, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A woman and her daughter their respects at statues of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung (L) and late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang October 11, 2015. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)





A woman cycles before the Arch of Reunification on the outskirts of Pyongyang on November 30, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Children write in a book after cleaning the area in front of a propaganda mosaic in Pyongyang on December 1, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A group of children on roller-blades skate past the Grand People's Study House on Kim Il-Sung square on December 1, 2016 in Pyongyang. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Pedestrians make their way past the portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung (L) and Kim Jong-Il (R) in Pyongyang on December 1, 2016. The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed its toughest sanctions on North Korea, placing a cap on the hermit state's key coal exports after its defiant nuclear tests. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A tram makes its way through Pyongyang on November 27, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Commuters ride a tram in Pyongyang on November 27, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Visitors watch a diver from an underwater tunnel of an aquarium at the Central Zoo on the outskirts of Pyongyang on November 27, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A general view shows the Yanggakdo hotel (centre L), the Taedong river and the Pyongyang city skyline on November 28, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





In a photo taken on November 29, 2016 a woman uses a mobile phone as she stands atop the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A tour guide shields her face from the cold as she stands before the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang on December 1, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A child sweeps the ground in front of a propaganda mosaic in Pyongyang on December 1, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Members of a propaganda troupe wave flags as they perform as part of a 200 day campaign aimed at sustaining a new economic plan, on a street in Pyongyang on November 26, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Two men throw a ball to each other in Pyongyang on November 26, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A general view shows apartment buildings and the Pyongyang city skyline early on November 26, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A pedestrian pushes a bicycle across a street in Pyongyang on November 26, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





Members of a propaganda troupe wave flags as they perform as part of a 200 day campaign aimed at sustaining a new economic plan, on a street in Pyongyang on November 26, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)