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Image: Girls perform on the stage of the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang

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North Korean Children Perform Song and Dance for Foreign Press

Pyongyang kids professed their love for leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday, performing a rare show for foreign press.

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Image: A guide leads visitors towards the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang

Pyongyang held a gala of song and dance performances by local school children on May 5 for visiting delegations of foreign journalists and tourists at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace, ahead of the Seventh Worker's Party Congress. The event included orchestral, choir, and acrobatic performances, many of them with political undertones.

Above, a guide leads visitors towards the Mangyongdae Children's Palace which is decorated with pictures of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, on May 5.

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
Image: A model of a rocket is placed inside the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang

A model of a rocket is cordoned off inside the Mangyongdae Children's Palace.

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
Image: A member of staff looks from the balcony inside the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang

A woman stands at the balcony inside the Mangyongdae Children's Palace.

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
Image: Girls play guitars at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang

The presence of foreign reporters offers the world a rare view from inside the isolated country, but their movements are closely managed.

Above, girls play guitars at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace on May 5.

 

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
Image: Girls practice dancing at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang

Young girls practice dancing inside the Mangyongdae Children's Palace.

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
Image: A teacher gives instructions to a student practicing dance at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in Pyongyang

A teacher gives instruction to a dancing student at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace.

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
Image: The Wider Image: Inside Pyongyang's Children's Palace

A girl salutes to spectators before a show at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace .

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
Image: Girls perform on the stage of the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang

North Korean girls perform on stage.

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
Image: Children wave to spectators as the curtain is brought down at the end of a performance at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in Pyongyang

Children wave to spectators as the curtain is brought down at the end of a performance at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace.

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
Image: Spectators clap hands during a performance at the Mangyongdae Children's Palace in central Pyongyang

Spectators applaud the kids' performances.

— DAMIR SAGOLJ / Reuters
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