Inside Pyongyang's Children's Palace
Foreign journalists invited to cover North Korea's first ruling party congress in 36 years were treated on May 5 to song and dance performances by schoolchildren professing their love for leader Kim Jong Un.
Kim is expected to use the congress starting on May 6 to declare North Korea a nuclear weapons state and formally adopt his "Byongjin" policy to pursue economic development and nuclear capability at the same time.
A guide leads visitors towards the Mangyongdae Children's Palace.
A model of a rocket is placed inside the palace.
A member of staff looks from the balcony.
Girls practice dancing.
Students practice dance.
A teacher gives instructions to a student.
Students draw.
A member of staff and spectators watch a performance.
Girls perform.
Spectators clap hands.
Girls are wheeled on a sliding platform to the stage.
Children acknowledge the audience.
Children wave to spectators as the curtain is brought down.
Children wave to spectators as the curtain is brought down at the end of a performance.
