This American man went to North Korea and shared the experience on Instagram

American Taylor Pemberton went on his summer holidays this month. But Taylor is two things: brave enough to travel to the recently-accessible land of North Korea, and a professional photographer who captured the experience on Instagram.

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The resulting images were spot-checked by North Korean officials during the heavily-supervised trip, but still offer an insight into the notoriously secret nation.