Rarely seen North Korea

A beauty parlour in Wonsan Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images North Koreans at a public beach on the east coast close to Wonsan Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images Kim Il-sung Square in the centre of Pyongyang. The slogan says: Long Live Glorious Worker's Party Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images A painting at Cottage Hospital at Haksan co-operative farm shows Kim Jong-il offering guidance to medical staff on how to run a hospital Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images Pyongyang's Samtaesong fast-food restaurant. Hamburgers are named 'minced beef patty and bread' to avoid Americanising the language, and cost 1,500 won, or half the monthly salary of the average worker, putting them out of reach of all but the elite Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images A group of North Koreans have a beachfront barbeque close to Wonsan Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images North Koreans head home after rehearsing a parade at Kim Il-sung Square in the centre of Pyongyang Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images Pyongyang street scene with one of North Korea's ubiquitous propaganda posters Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images Farmer Choe Myong Chan at his home in Haksan co-operative farm. Next to him on his right is a Kimjongilia in a glass, a specially bred red begonia, named after Kim Jong-il Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images A scene at Kim Jong-suk nursery in Pyongyang, named after Kim Il-sung's first wife who died during childbirth in 1949. On the wall are pictures of Kim Il-sung and the current leader, his son, Kim Jong-il Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images Workers at the Kaesong industrial complex, a joint venture between the two Koreas Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images A scene at Kim Jong-suk nursery in Pyongyang, named after Kim Il-sung's first wife who died during childbirth in 1949 Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images Locals play pool at Pyongyang Gold Lane bowling alley. Bowling is affordable only by the elite, as a session costs the equivalent of over six months' salary for the average worker Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images Schoolchildren and members of the Pioneers, North Korea's official youth organisation, at Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies. On the wall are pictures of Kim Il-sung and the current leader, his son, Kim Jong-il Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images Pyongyang street scene with one of North Korea's ubiquitous propaganda posters Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova/Reportage by Getty Images