Inside North Korea book - Taschen

Offering rare insight into the Hermit Kingdom, Guardian journalist and photographer Oliver Wainwright takes us on an architectural journey behind closed doors in the most mysterious country in the world. From mosaic-lined lobbies of Soviet-era health centres to vibrant interiors of brand-new theatres, his photographs shed light on the regime's ambitions to “transform the entire country into a socialist fairy tale”.

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