How children live in North Korea

Everyone knows that North Korea is a country closed to prying eyes. Quite rarely, we have the opportunity to look behind the Iron Curtain to find out how its citizens really live. But today there is such an opportunity!

Thanks to these photos, you can learn a little more about the young generation of North Korea - how local children live, how they relax and have fun, how they study and how they smile.

(Total 26 photos)

1. North Korean children after a snowfall on the banks of the Yalu River, in the North Korean district of Sakchu, December 17, 2014. The picture was taken from the territory of China on the Yalu River.

2. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits one of the orphanages in Pyongyang for the New Year.

3. Kim Jong-un poses with children at the orphanage on the first day of the new year.

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5. North Koreans celebrate Lunar New Year on February 19, 2015.

6. North Korean students in the classroom for taekwondo wrestling in the Moranbong district in Pyongyang on July 31, 2014. The capital is hot and humid in summer, and one of the most popular holiday destinations is Moranbong Mountain, located just a short walk from the famous Kim Il Sung Square. The mountain is famous for its shady paths for walking, picturesque views of the city and green lawns.

7. North Korean schoolchildren play musical instruments on Moranbong July 31, 2014 in Pyongyang.

8. Primary school students help repair potholes on a rural road in North Hamgyong Province.

9. North Korean children during a trip along the Yalu River in Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 15, 2013.

10. A North Korean boy rides on ice on the Yalu River on the border with China near the North Korean city of Hyesan December 1, 2008.

11. The new school year 2015-2016 began in the DPRK with proper ceremonies in schools.

12. North Korean students with weapons at the parade to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the Korean War of 1950-1953 on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013.

13. Workers and youth visit the Munsu entertainment center during the heat wave in Pyongyang on August 8, 2014.

14. North Korean students use sheets of colored cardboard to form a picture as a background during the mass gymnastic and artistic performance of "Arirang" in Pyongyang on July 26, 2013.

15. Beginning of the school year.

16. North Korean children wave to people on a Chinese tourist boat on the banks of the Yalu River near Chongsong, a district in North Korea, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 8, 2011.

17. A boy with a shovel in a corn field in the area affected by floods and typhoons in South Hwanghae province on September 29, 2011.

18. Kim Jong-un visits Mangyongde revolutionary school on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union.

19. North Korean students in a school bus in Pyongyang July 25, 2013.

20. North Korean children and their parents wave to Chinese residents during the celebration of Children's Day on the Yalu River near the North Korean city of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, June 1, 2011.

21. Girls mourn the dead leaders of the country at the memorial in Pyongyang.

22. North Korean schoolchildren in front of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the embalmed bodies of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong-in are located, in Pyongyang on July 25, 2013.

23. Kim Jong-un plays with children during a visit to a general hospital in Pyongyang May 19, 2014.

24. A boy in an orphanage in an area affected by a summer flood and typhoon in South Hwanghae province, October 1, 2011.

25. A woman carries a boy dressed in a North Korean military uniform at a monument to the Fund Party in Pyongyang on October 11, 2010.

26. Girls backstage before a performance at a local school in the city of Rason, northeast of Pyongyang, August 29, 2011.