Glimpses of North Korean life exposed by AP photographer

David Guttenfelder / AP

People watch a dolphin show at a newly-built amusement park in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sept. 8.

David Guttenfelder / AP

A dolphin leaps from a tank during a show at a newly-built amusement park in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sept. 8.

David Guttenfelder / AP

A woman rides a roller coaster at a newly-built amusement park in Pyongyang, North Korea on Aug. 8.

David Guttenfelder / AP

A guest room is bathed in red light shining through a curtain at a hotel for foreign tourists in Kaesong, North Korea on Sept. 11.

David Guttenfelder / AP

A traffic police officer stands in a marked area in the middle of the principle intersection in Kaesong, North Korea on Sept. 11.

David Guttenfelder / AP

A truck, retrofitted to run on a barrel of burning wood, stops on a road in Hamhung, North Korea on Aug. 11.

David Guttenfelder / AP

A man holds a woman's bag and parasol as they play miniature golf at a newly-built amusement park in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sept. 8.

David Guttenfelder / AP

Two people dance at Majon beach near Hamhung, North Korea on Aug. 11.

/

Pyongyang refuses to let failed rocket launch dampen tone of festivities.

Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder captures the secretive life of North Korea again with a series of images shot this August and September.

Sign up for the NBC News Photos Newsletter

Discuss this post

Jump to discussion page: 1 2 3

I need more information about the burning wood truck. I want to run a pellet burning truck before gas is unaffordable.

    Reply#58 - Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:47 AM EDT
    Jump to discussion page: 1 2 3
    You're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead.
    As a new user, you may notice a few temporary content restrictions. Click here for more info.