Photos showing North Korean women and the various roles they take up in the northern half of the peninsula were released online by Agence France-Presse Friday.
AFP has its own webpage called Faces of North Korea where it updates photos taken by photographer Ed Jones who captures life inside Pyongyang.
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Instructor Kim Ju-yang, 20, holds a North Korean-made assault rifle at the Meari shooting range in Pyongyang on July 29. At the Meari shooting range, customers can try out a number of North Korean and foreign-made firearms, most of which have been modified to fire .22 calibre ammunition costing $1 per round.
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Tour guide Ju Hye-yon is photographed on June 16 on a viewing deck of the Arch of Triumph, overlooking the Pyongyang city skyline. Against the drab of the city, Ju’s brilliant pink hanbok dress stands out in contrast.
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Shop assistant Park Um-hyang, 24, is seen in a shop at the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang on July 25. MAS was founded in 1959 by Kim Il-sung. The art studio employs some 700 artists who work in a clearly ranked hierarchy within a vast complex the size of a small village with hundreds of studios housed inside cavernous cement building.
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Student and former Korean People’s Army soldier Ma Song-hui is photographed on May 14 at Teacher Training College in Pyongyang, where she studies.
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Shopper Pay Ok-hyang, 24, is photographed in the shop of the Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory on July 28. She stands with a bag of her purchase.
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Waitress Rim Ok-hyang, 20, poses at a hamburger restaurant in Pyongyang on July 18.
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Volleyball player Ri Yun-sim, 15, is photographed on July 26 in a gymnasium at the Children’s Palace in Pyongyang. The Children’s Palace is a vast afterschool activity complex with the capacity to accommodate some 5,000 children’s sports, arts and science events. The Palace is a regular fixture on tour group schedules.
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Tour guide Kim Song-hui, 26, poses for a portrait in this shot taken at the reptile enclosure of the Central Zo in Pyongyang on July 29. Kim dresses in hanbok, consisting of a navy skirt and a white top.
Written by Lim Jeong-yeo
Photos by AFP
