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A woman in traditional Korean costume watches as a student leaves a swimming pool of Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

A woman in traditional Korean costume watches as a student leaves a swimming pool of Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)




A car drives past residential buildings in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

A car drives past residential buildings in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)



North Korean students and volunteers work to repair water supply system in Haeju, capital of the South Hwanghae province, October 1, 2011. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

North Korean students and volunteers work to repair water supply system in Haeju, capital of the South Hwanghae province, October 1, 2011. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)




Women work in the Kim Jong-suk Pyongyang Silk Mill in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. The factory is named after the wife of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Women work in the Kim Jong-suk Pyongyang Silk Mill in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. The factory is named after the wife of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)




North Korean students use different colored signs to form a picture of a child in uniform as a background during a mass gymnastic and artistic performance in Pyongyang, July 26, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

North Korean students use different colored signs to form a picture of a child in uniform as a background during a mass gymnastic and artistic performance in Pyongyang, July 26, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




North Korean female soldiers salute a figure of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung during the opening ceremony of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

North Korean female soldiers salute a figure of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung during the opening ceremony of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




Soldiers walk into a subway in front of a column of North Korean flags in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Soldiers walk into a subway in front of a column of North Korean flags in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)




Girls train in a Taekwondo Hall in Pyongyang April 12, 2012. The banner at background reads “Let us defend the Party Central Committee headed by the respected comrade Kim Jong-un, at the cost of our lives!”. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Girls train in a Taekwondo Hall in Pyongyang April 12, 2012. The banner at background reads “Let us defend the Party Central Committee headed by the respected comrade Kim Jong-un, at the cost of our lives!”. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)




Workers prepare the plot at Daedonggang Fruit Farm, with 309 acres of apple trees, on the outskirts of Pyongyang, April 10, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Workers prepare the plot at Daedonggang Fruit Farm, with 309 acres of apple trees, on the outskirts of Pyongyang, April 10, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)




A woman prepares a red carpet for the departure ceremony of Mangyongbyong cruise ship in the North Korean Special Economic Zone of Rason City, northeast of Pyongyang, August 30, 2011. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A woman prepares a red carpet for the departure ceremony of Mangyongbyong cruise ship in the North Korean Special Economic Zone of Rason City, northeast of Pyongyang, August 30, 2011. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




Laborers work at a construction site in Pyongyang, July 28, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

Laborers work at a construction site in Pyongyang, July 28, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)



Soldiers march past the podium during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, April 15, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Soldiers march past the podium during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, April 15, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)




A world map, with the Korea peninsula marked in red, is seen as a hotel receptionist talks on the phone in Rason city, northeast of Pyongyang, August 29, 2011. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A world map, with the Korea peninsula marked in red, is seen as a hotel receptionist talks on the phone in Rason city, northeast of Pyongyang, August 29, 2011. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




North Korean soldiers dig up eatable plants on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, May 13, 2010. (Photo by Jacky Chen/Reuters)

North Korean soldiers dig up eatable plants on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, May 13, 2010. (Photo by Jacky Chen/Reuters)




A North Korean soldier looks out from a boat at the bank of the Yalu River at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, October 13, 2006. (Photo by Adam Dean/Reuters)

A North Korean soldier looks out from a boat at the bank of the Yalu River at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, October 13, 2006. (Photo by Adam Dean/Reuters)




North Koreans holding national flags march during a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

North Koreans holding national flags march during a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




A North Korean traffic policewoman works in central Pyongyang October 15, 2005. (Photo by Reinhard Krause/Reuters)

A North Korean traffic policewoman works in central Pyongyang October 15, 2005. (Photo by Reinhard Krause/Reuters)




North Korean senior military officials arrive for the opening ceremony of the Cemetery of Fallen Fighters of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, July 25, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

North Korean senior military officials arrive for the opening ceremony of the Cemetery of Fallen Fighters of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, July 25, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




Villagers travel in a truck in a field northwest of Pyongyang, April 8, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

Villagers travel in a truck in a field northwest of Pyongyang, April 8, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)




A woman walks in central Rason city, northeast of Pyongyang, August 29, 2011. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A woman walks in central Rason city, northeast of Pyongyang, August 29, 2011. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)




North Korean factory workers attend a ceremony marking the completion of a garlic processing factory that a South Korean company invested in, in Kaesong, North Korea, northwest of Seoul, February 6, 2007. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)

North Korean factory workers attend a ceremony marking the completion of a garlic processing factory that a South Korean company invested in, in Kaesong, North Korea, northwest of Seoul, February 6, 2007. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)




Pak Su Dong, manager of a cooperative farm hit by floods and typhoons shows damage to crops in South Hwanghae province, September 29, 2011. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Pak Su Dong, manager of a cooperative farm hit by floods and typhoons shows damage to crops in South Hwanghae province, September 29, 2011. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)




North Korean soldiers carrying guns march to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

North Korean soldiers carrying guns march to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




Korean War veterans react as they shout slogans to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

Korean War veterans react as they shout slogans to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




A group of North Korean visitors listen to a guide at Mangyongdae, the birthplace of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung, in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)

A group of North Korean visitors listen to a guide at Mangyongdae, the birthplace of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung, in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)




A Korean War veteran stands in front of a giant portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Il-sung after a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

A Korean War veteran stands in front of a giant portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Il-sung after a parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




North Korean soldiers and residents run to greet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (not pictured) as he arrives to visit a military unit on an island southwest of Pyongyang, August 19, 2012. (Photo by Reuters/KCNA)

North Korean soldiers and residents run to greet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (not pictured) as he arrives to visit a military unit on an island southwest of Pyongyang, August 19, 2012. (Photo by Reuters/KCNA)




A North Korean airline attendant is seen on an Air Koryo aircraft flying towards Pyongyang from Beijing, July 24, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

A North Korean airline attendant is seen on an Air Koryo aircraft flying towards Pyongyang from Beijing, July 24, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




North Korean soldiers riding military horses parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

North Korean soldiers riding military horses parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War at Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




North Koreans students use different coloured cardboards to form a picture of a gun as background during the country's famed Arirang Mass Games at the May Day stadium in central Pyongyang, August 27, 2007. (Photo by Reinhard Krause/Reuters)

North Koreans students use different coloured cardboards to form a picture of a gun as background during the country's famed Arirang Mass Games at the May Day stadium in central Pyongyang, August 27, 2007. (Photo by Reinhard Krause/Reuters)




A North Korean soldier gestures to a Chinese tourist boat as she guards on the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite to the Chinese border city of Dandong, October 3, 2014. (Photo by Jacky Chen/Reuters)

A North Korean soldier gestures to a Chinese tourist boat as she guards on the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite to the Chinese border city of Dandong, October 3, 2014. (Photo by Jacky Chen/Reuters)




North Korean soldiers wave along the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite to the Chinese border city of Dandong October 7, 2014. (Photo by Jacky Chen/Reuters)

North Korean soldiers wave along the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite to the Chinese border city of Dandong October 7, 2014. (Photo by Jacky Chen/Reuters)




North Korean military personnel march as they visit the statues of late leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il on Mansudae to mark the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, October 10, 2014. (Photo by AP Photo/Kyodo News)

North Korean military personnel march as they visit the statues of late leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il on Mansudae to mark the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, October 10, 2014. (Photo by AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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