Walking around the streets of North Korea in the early morning, what kind of scenes can you see?

Before traveling to North Korea, I already had a rough outline in my mind: spacious and empty streets, few motor vehicles, and passers-by on bicycles. After arriving in Pyongyang, North Korea, I found that it was much the same as I imagined. . North Koreans are generally thin, and their appearance is not much different from that of Chinese people. The badges on their chests highlight their Korean identity. The foreign-related hotel we stayed in in Pyongyang is located in the center of Pyongyang. When traveling to North Korea, I didn’t have much free time. Some of my companions wanted to visit Pyongyang at night, but I chose to walk around Pyongyang in the early morning.

I am used to getting up early. I get up at 5:30 in the morning. I took my mobile phone with me and left the hotel. It was past five o'clock in the morning in Pyongyang. Pedestrians and vehicles could already be seen on the road. I walked to the Pyongyang Railway Station Square and heard a piece of exciting music. The crowds and vehicles were very sparse. A male traffic policeman was on duty and noticed that I was taking pictures of him with my mobile phone. He blew his whistle to signal me not to take pictures.

Passing by the National Library of North Korea, I saw many people holding brooms and cleaning. There were also people carrying buckets and scrubbing the ground. Busy people can be seen on the green belt. Some of them are watering, some are pruning flowers and plants, and some are cleaning garbage on the lawn. At around six o'clock, there were gradually more and more people on the road. Many people appear to be walking to and from get off work. Many professional women hurriedly walked on the road in high heels, with their skirts swinging around their knees. They usually wore stockings and light makeup.

Most of the middle-aged men were carrying briefcases, wearing gray uniforms and leather shoes. Young people and students wore white shirts, and some wore ties. On the streets of Pyongyang, you can see people who read seriously. They read while walking. There are both students and office workers. I rested for a while near the library, and then walked to the nearby gymnasium. There were many people doing morning exercises in the gymnasium, some were running, and some were playing badminton.

On the streets of Pyongyang in the early morning, there were no vendors or places selling breakfast. There were no pedestrians on the road, and no one was eating breakfast while rushing. I didn’t dare to stay too long on the streets of Pyongyang, because after seven o’clock, we were about to take the tour bus and set off. I hurried back to the hotel before the tour guide noticed.