Pyongyang University of Science and Technology

Even before the Associated Press announced its new bureau in Pyongyang, David Guttenfelder’s photographs gave the Western world a glimpse into North Korea. Notoriously secretive and isolated, the nation granted Guttenfelder, AP’s Chief Asia Photographer, rare access to some events in the country. Now, with AP’s new bureau and his trips becoming more frequent, Guttenfelder’s [...]

AP- A towering bronze statue of Kim Il Sung, his arm outstretched, lords over the capital city from atop Mansu Hill. In the days since Kim Jong Il’s death, mourners have been streaming to the hill to lay flowers at the statue as they typically do for the leaders’ birthdays and other major occasions. Kim [...]

MOUNT KUMGANG, North Korea – Autumn has always been the most cherished season in Korea, a time to harvest and to hike, to store up food and enjoy the last days of warmth before the peninsula’s notoriously brutal winters. Even in the impoverished North, families find time to gather, around a mountain campfire or in [...]