North Korea Fast Facts
![CNN and other journalism organizations were given rare access to North Korea as part of the country's commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the Korean War. CNN's <a href="http://instagram.com/ivancnn" target="_blank">Ivan Watson</a> and <a href="http://instagram.com/tjschwarz" target="_blank">Tim Schwarz</a> were part of the group visiting the isolated nation and captured some of the sights using Instagram. Occasionally, the mask slipped to show a more poignant, human face of North Korea. Here a <a href="http://instagram.com/p/cVrGDhiDX5/" target="_blank">young mother and her child pose</a> for Watson while walking in Pyongyang. "[It was a] fascinating, frustrating visit," Watson said. "Sadly, I didn't have a single 'real' conversation with a North Korean due to immense government paranoia."](http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130729172552-01-nk-instagram-horizontal-large-gallery.png)
Photos: Instagrams from North Korea
Instagrams from North Korea – CNN and other journalism organizations were given rare access to North Korea as part of the country's commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the Korean War. CNN's Ivan Watson and Tim Schwarz were part of the group visiting the isolated nation and captured some of the sights using Instagram. Occasionally, the mask slipped to show a more poignant, human face of North Korea. Here a young mother and her child pose for Watson while walking in Pyongyang. "[It was a] fascinating, frustrating visit," Watson said. "Sadly, I didn't have a single 'real' conversation with a North Korean due to immense government paranoia."
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Photos: Instagrams from North Korea
Instagrams from North Korea – There were other moments of discovery, too. "This trip to Pyongyang introduced me to a delicious Korean dish: Naeng Myun, or cold buckwheat noodles," Watson said.
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Instagrams from North Korea – The reclusive nation of North Korea this week welcomed Western media to cover the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended fighting in the Korean War.
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Instagrams from North Korea – At one of the specially organized, expertly synchronized parades, these female army medics marched perfectly in line as they paraded through Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square.
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