Riding the subway in North Korea

A subway worker walks away after a train departed the station in central Pyongyang. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Passengers react inside a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a governmmore

People read newspapers displayed inside a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government orgamore

People enter the subway station visited by foreign reporters on a government organised tour in central Pyongyamore

Passengers travel on a subway in central Pyongyang. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

A passenger wearing red travels on a recently introduced new train during a government organised visit to the more

People use escalators to leave a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised toumore

Passengers travel on a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a governmentmore

Women wearing traditional clothes wait for the train inside a subway station in central Pyongyang. REUTERS/Dammore

Passengers travel on escalators toward trains at a subway in central Pyongyang. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Passengers enter and exit a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in more

A boy sits next to a woman inside a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters duringmore

Two railway workers chat in front of a flower mural inside a subway station visited by foreign reporters durinmore

Passengers travel on a train departing the station visited by foreign reporters on a government organised tourmore

A girl holds a red balloon as she and others wait for a train at a subway station visited by foreign reportersmore

An elderly man arrives at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in more

A man looks from inside a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a governmmore

Passengers sit inside a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a governmenmore

A woman waits for a train as man walks through a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a governmemore

Passengers travel on a train departing the station visited by foreign reporters on a government organised tourmore

A woman reads a book as commuters make their way through a subway station in Pyongyang. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

A young woman reads newspapers displayed inside a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a governmmore

Passengers enter a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a government organised tour in Pyongyangmore

Passengers travel on a train that stopped at a subway station visited by foreign reporters during a governmentmore

A man gestures as foreign reporters enter a subway station during a government organised tour in Pyongyang. REmore