A North Korean road trip
Take a look at rare photographs from inside the Hermit Kingdom
By
Sarah Eberspacher
Published

A woman walks along an open road southeast of Pyongyang, in North Korea's North Hwanghae province.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder))

Boys play soccer in the town of Hyesan, in Ryanggang province.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder))

A man works on his car by the Wonsan Sea.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)A photographer with The Associated Press, David Guttenfelder, had the opportunity to peek, ever so briefly, behind that curtain in June 2014, when AP was granted)

A man pushes his bicycle to a village in North Hamgyong province.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder))

North Koreans rest next to the railroad tracks in a town in North Hamgyong province.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder))

A deer's hoof, used as a door handle, hangs from the front door of the home where North Koreans say the late leader Kim Jong Il was born, near Mount Paektu in Ryanggang province. North Koreans venerate Mount Paektu for its natural beau
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder))

Young schoolchildren help to fix pot holes along a rural road in North Hamgyong province.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder))

A man sits by a cooking fire he built to roast potatoes and chicken in the town of Samjiyon, in Ryanggang province.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder))

A man takes shelter from the rain next to propaganda billboards, in the town of Samjiyon, in Ryanggang province.
(Image credit: (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder))
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.