Statues.... really big statues. Pictured is the Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification in Pyongyang. Picture: Alamy

Military life is indoctrinated into children from birth. Picture: Alamy

Female North Korean Navy soldiers wear short skirts during a parade. Picture: AFP/KCNA

A North Korean teacher opens a children’s pop-up book depicting a U.S. soldier killing a Korean woman with a hatchet, Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Kaeson Kindergarten in central Pyongyang. For North Koreans, the systematic indoctrination of anti-Americanism starts as early as kindergarten. Picture: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder

This North Korean student learns to drive a tractor on this very complicated looking contraption. Picture: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder

A supplied undated image obtained Nov. 5, 2012 of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, North Korea. Jong-un poses with a group of children during a visit to the People's Open-air Ice Rink in Pyongyang. (AAP Image/Yonhap) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

This little archer uses a cartoon image of Barack Obama as her target. This image was taken during an event to celebrate International Children’s Day in Pyongyang in 2014. Picture: AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon

Imagine having REALLY BIG PORTRAITS of our leaders in parliament... This picture shows a national meeting for the 68th anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Picture: AFP PHOTO / KCNA

Celebrate, come on. Ri Chun-Hee announces to North Korea that the country had tested nuclear weapons, to much success. Picture: AFP PHOTO / KCTV

The news program was broadcast to North Korean residents in public areas, such as here, outside Pyongyang train station. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Kim Won-Jin

This guy has been roped into attaching a bunch of pyrotechnics to himself as part of the Wonsan International Friendship Air Festival. AP Photo/Wong Maye-E

Pictured: Child walking on the Pyongyang-Wonsan highway. So many questions can be asked about this photo. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

A man riding his bike and a kid running on the same highway are pictured here in this pic from September 23, 2016. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Ed JONES

Yes, vehicles do drive down the highway. Which is exactly why kids shouldn’t be walking on it alone. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

North Korean pilots Jo Kyum-Hyang (R) and Rim Sol (L), known in North Korea as the ‘Flowers of Sky’, pose for photos during the second day of the Wonsan Friendship Air Festival in Wonsan on September 25, 2016. Just weeks after carrying out its fifth nuclear test, North Korea put on an unprecedented civilian and military air force display Saturday at the country’s first ever public aviation show. / AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

Preparing for takeoff. This was North Korea’s first public aviation display. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

A vendor waits for customers at her stall in a park in Pyongyang on September 27, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

North Korean women practice a traditional see-saw game at a park in Pyongyang on September 27, 2016. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

North Korean women paractice a traditional see-saw game in a park in Pyongyang on September 27, 2016. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

These North Korean students are taking part in an art and painting workshop in Pyongyang... though they look more like they’re posing for a stock photo image. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

North Koreans love their enormous statues. Seen here is the larger than life replica of the late Kim Il-Sung. Picture: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images