Oct 20, 2011 6:30 AM

Gallery: An American Tourist in North Korea

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North Korean women perform during the Mass Games in Pyongyang. *Photo: Sam Gellman*
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Performers create a display intended to reenact the birth of President Kim Il Sung during the Mass Games in Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*

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One hundred thousand performers participate in one of the displays during the Mass Games in Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*
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This three-second exposure captures the movement of performers during the Mass Games in Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*

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Thirty-thousand children continually turn flip cards to make new images in the background during the Mass Games in Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*
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Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*

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A North Korean soldier rides a bumper car during a street fair in Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*
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The main street in Kaesong, a city right next to the Demilitarized Zone border with South Korea, sits empty except for a few pedestrians and bicyclists. *Photo: Sam Gellman*

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Soldiers walk through a subway station in Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*
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Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*

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A tram passes by a statue of President Kim Il Sung as it runs through the middle of Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*
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Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*

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A portrait of a North Korean soldier taken near the Demilitarized Zone. *Photo: Sam Gellman*
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A boy walks by a billboard showing President Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*

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A boy and his father pose for a picture in a park in Pyongyang, North Korea. *Photo: Sam Gellman*

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