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a military guide leading a tour in North Korea
October 8, 2013

Military Guide, North Korea

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A military guide leads a tour to the mystical Mount Paektu. It was here, official lore says, that Kim Il Sung fought for independence from Japanese occupiers in the 1930s.

See more pictures from the October 2013 feature story "Now You See It."

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Photograph by David Guttenfelder

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