35 Instagrams From North Korea

Some things not even a camera filter can improve.

David Guttenfelder is the Associated Press chief photographer for Asia. These are some of the amazing Instagram posts he's made while on assignment in North Korea.

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"#Pyongyang, North Korea by night. A first video test for me from the DPRK."

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"The setting sunlight is reflected on the Taedong River flowing through Pyongyang."

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"Two postcards for sale in a gift shop at the DMZ at Panmunjom, North Korea. National Geographic's online NewsWatch has posted a feature about my DPRK instagram feed with an essay and Q&A by the writer Tom O'Neill."

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"The open road. A North Korean national highway between Pyongyang and Kaesong."

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"North Korean artifact #116. A portrait pin of the late leader Kim Il Sung in its original packaging sleeve."

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"North Korean artifact #112. Air sickness bag, Air Koryo"

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"Published in 1983, here's a collection of guidance given to North Korean journalists by Kim Jong Il . One chapter, devoted to the craft of photojournalism, is titled 'Press the Shutter When You Are Sure of Success.'"

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"The Internet connection in my Pyongyang hotel room has been really spotty for the past couple few days. Upon closer inspection of this drinking straw-protected wires twisted together section, everything looks up to standard. So, I'm not really sure what the problem is."

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Nurses sing and play the accordion during a health campaign to give young children vitamin A supplements and deworming pills at a nursery in #Pyongyang. UNICEF and DPRK government agencies collaborated in the campaign to assist 1.7 million kids under 5 across the country.

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"Rainy Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang."

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"Children in a field in front of a North Korean village east of Kaesong."

"North Korean farmers work in a field near the DMZ east of Kaesong."

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"Taekwondo wallpaper. #Pyongyang"

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"Art class. #Pyongyang"

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"A North Korean woman adds up the restaurant lunch receipts while military videos play on the TV behind the counter."

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"At an art exhibition in #Pyongyang displaying creations by local military veterans, this painting depicts #NKorean soldiers ambushing US troops."

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"North Korean school kids attend a concert at Mangyondae Children's Palace in #Pyongyang."

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"On stage. Mangyondae Children's Palace."

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"A woman passes behind a screen where pictures by North Korean press (including one of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un as a younger man) were on display at a local photo exhibition in #Pyongyang."

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"A North Korean soldier helps a boy aim during an arcade shooting game at #Pyongyang Fun Fair."

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The people of #Pyongyang out and about on the 101st B-Day of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.

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"A North Korean wedding party portrait in front of the late leader statues in #Pyongyang."

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"Kegs of beer & stuffed animals at the entrance to #Pyongyang Golden Lane bowling alley."

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"Models of North Korean rockets were incorporated into the flower arrangements at the #Kimilsungia exhibition in #Pyongyang."

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"North Korean children stand at attention during an induction ceremony into the Korean Children's Union at Kim Il Sung Stadium."

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"This North Korean guy was manning the sound board for a performance in front of a mini Kumgangsan mountain range at the #Pyongyang Folk Park."

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"Roadside #propaganda depicts a NKorean soldier killing a U.S. soldier in #Pyongyang. The poster reads in Korean 'Life or Death Battle. Merciless Punishment to U.S. Imperialists and Puppet Traitors.'"

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"A North Korean traffic policeman stands guard at a roundabout in the capital. The DPRK's men in blue seldom get their 15 minutes of fame. Most visitors remember the female traffic cops at the intersections. Icons of #Pyongyang."

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"A restaurant in the Hyangsan Hotel at the foot of Mt. Myohyang, North Korea. We're the only guests in this hotel."

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"A view of Juche Tower in #Pyongyang, #NKorea."

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A North Korean doctor and a bank of video monitors inside a #Pyongyang hospital.

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"A wall painting inside a North Korean school."

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"Painted propaganda, showing North Korean children in armed services uniforms attacking U.S., Japanese & SKorean soldiers, hangs in a room inside a Pyongyang kindergarten."

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"An apartment block stands above the schoolyard playground equipment of a #Pyongyang, #NKorea kindergarten."

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"Caricatures of American and Japanese solders are stored in a room at Kaeson Kindergarten in #Pyongyang. Children throw things at the faces and pretend to shoot or bayonet them with toy guns during a schoolyard game."