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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/114.gifNorth Korean scientists work at the satellite control centre of the Korean Committee of Space Technology on the outskirts of Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/28.gifUniversity students slide into a swimming pool at Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/36.gifUniversity students look down from the platform of a slide inside a swimming pool complex of Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/46.gifA student walks into a taekwondo hall in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/56.gifA girl receives training in a taekwondo hall in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/66.gifWomen in traditional Korean costume talk to each other at the entrance of the Hana Music Information Centre in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/75.gifResidential blocks are seen in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/85.gifWorkers rest while planting trees on a street in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/95.gifWorkers decorate a street in front of Potongmun, the western gate of the inner complex of the walled city of Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/105.gifA North Korean band performs during the opening show of the April Spring Friendship Art Festival at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/115.gifNorth Korean guests attend the opening show of the festival. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/124.gifThe 170-meter-high Tower of the Juche Idea, named after the principle of Juche and developed by North Korea founder Kim Il-sung, is seen at the eastern bank of the Taedong River in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/134.gifThe current mosaic portrait of the founder of North Korea Kim Il-sung (left) and the new portrait of late leader Kim Jong-il are seen in downtown Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/144.gifThe 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel, the highest building under construction in North Korea, in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/154.gifA choir dressed up in the traditional hanbok is assembled outside a building in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/164.gifA choir sings outside a building in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/174.gifWorkers prepare the plot at Daedonggang Fruit Farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/183.gifStaff in the Kim Jong-suk Pyongyang Silk Mill take part in a self-study session in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/193.gifWomen work in the Kim Jong-suk Pyongyang Silk Mill in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/202.gifThousands of residents celebrate at a square during the inauguration of a mosaic portrait of Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/213.gifSchoolgirls leave a square after the inauguration of a mosaic portrait of the late leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/04/223.gifRepresentatives stand in front of the mosaic portrait of founder of North Korea Kim Il-sung (left) and the new portrait of the late leader Kim Jong-il during the inauguration ceremony. Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters
