(KIM WON-JIN/AFP/Getty Images) People in Pyongyang watch news footage on a giant television outside the city's main railway station. Despite sanctions and international condemnation, North Korea has continued to develop its nuclear missile program. (KNS/AFP/Getty Images) An image of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un presiding the Korean People's Army during combat drills. Obtaining imagery from within the country is problematic, though the Korean Central News Agency frequently releases pictures, often designed to show Pyongyang's resilience, technological sophistication or military strength. (KIM WON-JIN/AFP/Getty Images) North Koreans assemble under a propaganda poster during a rally for the country's opposition to the United States. Everyone sports similar hairstyles in accordance with the policies of the North Korean state, which has approved only fifteen hairstyles for each gender. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) Kim Jong Un, with his usual entourage of generals, watches the successful test-firing of the Hwasong-14 ballistic missile, July 4.