(Baonghean.vn) - With a policy of being considered almost closed off, North Korea has long been a mystery to international friends. Perhaps that is why David Guttenfelder - an American photographer and reporter for the AP news agency - won the award of the year in the "Long-term Project" category when he brought to the World Press Photo contest rare photos of North Korea - a country that is almost inaccessible to Western journalists.
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| North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a military parade marking the birthday of late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, February 16, 2012. Photo: David Guttenfelder |
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| A female soldier - a member of the North Korean army, is working as a tour guide, April 4, 2012. According to this female soldier, the forest in front was once the shelter of Mr. Kim Il Sung - the first leader of North Korea during the war between the two Koreas. Photo: David Guttenfelder |
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| Photo taken at the Kaesong industrial complex, near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas on April 24, 2013. Photo: David Guttenfelder |
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| An exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Flowers named “Kim Il Sung Flower” and “Kim Jong Il Flower” in memory of the two North Korean leaders are displayed around a model of a missile, July 24, 2013. Photo: David Guttenfelder |
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| North Korean farmers in a field in Songchon County on August 13, 2013. Photo: David Guttenfelder |
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| A camera at the “Youth Palace” projects a film onto the wall for Pyongyang youths to watch on February 27, 2008. Photo: David Guttenfelder |
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| A performance at a kindergarten in the capital Pyongyang on May 19, 2015 Photo: David Guttenfelder |
Chu Thanh
(According to Le Monde)
