North Korean students take part in a painting workshop in a park in Pyongyang on September 27, 2016. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





In this picture taken on September 29, 2016 commuters wait for a bus during the morning rush hour in Pyongyang. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A North Korean traffic police woman is framed by a window of a passing vehicle as she walks past commuters waiting at a bus stop at the end of a workday on Monday, October 17, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





Residential buildings along Changjong Street which form part of the Pyongyang skyline are seen reflected in the Taedong River on a misty morning on Sunday, October 16, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





North Korean traffic police women chat next to a residential building while off duty Tuesday, October 18, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





In a photo taken on October 15, 2016 competitors take part in a see-saw event during the 13th People's Games at Moran Hill park in Pyongyang. The rules of the see-saw event require competitors to consecutively jump over two-metres high for a duration of two minutes, and with each jump landing inside a small black square at the end of the see-saw. The 13th People's Games run until October 31 and feature a number of traditional Korean games with some, such as the swing and see-saw events, dating back to the Joseon dynasty. (Photo by Kim Won-Jin/AFP Photo)





In a photo taken on October 15, 2016 a competitor takes part in a see-saw event during the 13th People's Games at Moran Hill park in Pyongyang. (Photo by Kim Won-Jin/AFP Photo)





In a photo taken on October 15, 2016 spectators watch a see-saw event during the 13th People's Games at Moran Hill park in Pyongyang. (Photo by Kim Won-Jin/AFP Photo)





In a photo taken on October 15, 2016 a competitor takes part in a swing event during the 13th People's Games at Moran Hill park in Pyongyang. (Photo by Kim Won-Jin/AFP Photo)





In a photo taken on October 15, 2016 competitors take part in a see-saw event during the 13th People's Games at Moran Hill park in Pyongyang. (Photo by Kim Won-Jin/AFP Photo)





In this May 7, 2016, file photo, a North Korean man reads the local newspapers displayed in a subway station as seen during a press tour in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





North Koreans get on and off electric trolley buses which is a popular form of public transport around the city on Monday, October 17, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





Diners are seen through a door curtain of a local restaurant during lunch hour in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, October 16, 2016. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





A North Korean boy in his school uniform walks past a playground in a residential area on Saturday, October 15, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





North Koreans make their way down an underpass during lunch hour in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea, at the start of their work week on Monday, October 17, 2016. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





North Korean men and women walk past buildings under construction on “Ryomyong Street”, Monday, October 17, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea, where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has put his soldier-builders to work on yet another major project – a series of apartments and high-rises that are once again changing the Pyongyang skyline. “Ryomyong Street”, is to have the country's tallest apartment building, at 70 stories, along with a 50-story building and a handful of smaller ones in the 30-40 story range. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





A North Korean woman is silhouetted as she walks past the Juche Tower and residential buildings on each side with slogans on them which read “Single Minded Unity” on Sunday, October 16, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





A staff member of the Mirim Air Club carries a helmet as she walks across the tarmac at the Mirim Air Club on Sunday, October 16, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Until a few months ago, if you wanted a bird's eye view of North Korea's capital there was basically only one option: a 150-meter tall tower across the river from Kim Il Sung Square. With the support of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has vowed to give North Koreans more modern and "cultured" ways to spend their leisure time, a Pyongyang flying club has started offering short flights over some of the capital's major sights. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)





A North Korean traffic police woman walks past commuters waiting at a bus stop at the end of a workday Monday, October 17, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)