The Kimjongilia Festival
This photo was captured at the Kimjongilia festival. Thousands of North Koreans head to the capital each year to visit the monuments and pay their respects to Kim Jong Il. When he died in December of 2011, the flower was placed on his corpse during the public memorial. They named a hybrid of a begonia after him.
Carefully Designed Exteriors
In the capital of North Korea, every building was carefully constructed. They had a desire for everything to be uniform and clean. Pyongyang is where they take all visitors to get the "North Korean Experience." Unfortunately, that's about as much care as the government puts into the wellbeing of the residents. The insides of the buildings are quite bleak.