15) Women in sophisticated outfits

“They love fashion and like most teenagers are happy to spend money to look good,” News.com.au reported. The “Pyonghattan” is the area where the elite are not afraid to show off their love for the cosmopolitan lifestyle. The extreme dichotomy lies between the average workers in the North Korean capital who earn around $10 USD a month while elite kids, dubbed as Pyongyang’s Brat Pack, are not afraid to splash out $9 USD on an iced mocha.

16) A photo op of military officials fronting a modern North Korean military aircraft

North Korea has a mandatory conscription enlisting 110,000 officers in their air force, Military Embedded Systems reported. The military spending estimates about $7 billion per year while its people starve in the cold. They have 800 fighter planes and 750 naval vessels; however, the country has a hard time obtaining replacement parts for their planes, weapons, and ships due to the UN’s international sanctions.