Winter in North Korea: Daily Life of World's Most Closed Society

Winter has vibrantly whitened the landscape of North Korea and covered the streets of one of the world's most mysterious and closed countries with a soft carpet of snowflakes. Sputnik gives you a unique look into the life of North Koreans in winter.

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The 105-story pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel towers over residential apartments and snow-covered trees and fields in Pyongyang on December 3.

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A North Korean traffic policewoman directs vehicles at an intersection on December 2, in Pyongyang, as residents commute at the end of a workday.

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Three elderly North Korean women support each other as they walk down a snow-covered footpath which takes them over the Pothong River, the second largest river in Pyongyang, on December 3, 2015.

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North Korean schoolgirls holding brooms bow to pay their respects toward a mural which shows the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung delivering a speech, before sweeping the area surrounding this mural on December 1 in Pyongyang.

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North Koreans walk on a bridge that takes them over the Pothong River on November 28, in Pyongyang. The Pothong River is the second largest river that runs through the North Korean capital.

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North Koreans walk along a bridge that takes them over the Taedong River on December 2, in Pyongyang.

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In this December 3 photo, a boy pushes a cart of cabbage along a main road in Hyangsan county, North Pyongan, North Korea.

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A man is silhouetted against boulders covered with snow at the foot of Mount Myohyang, a popular leisure spot among locals as well as tourists on December 4, in Hyangsan county, North Pyongang.

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In this November 30 photo, North Korean men play a shooting game in an arcade at the Rungna People's Pleasure Park in Pyongyang.

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North Koreans walk along the Kim Il Sung Square as they commute at the end of their workday on November 30 in Pyongyang.

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In this November 30 photo, a waitress waits to serve customers in a Korean BBQ restaurant in Pyongyang.

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A young girl watches a game of volleyball played among North Korean women on the Kim Il Sung Square at the end of a work day on November 30 in Pyongyang.