Viewfinder: North Koreans on the Country’s Day of the Sun

Pacific Standard Staff
April 15, 2019
A man and child walk away after paying their respects before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.
A man and child walk away after paying their respects before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, as part of celebrations marking the anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, known as the Day of the Sun, on Mansu hill in Pyongyang on April 15th, 2019.

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