Photos: A look inside North Korea's mass spectacles
North Korea Staged in Pyongyang
In an April 16, 2012 photo, North Korean dancers perform in front of pictures of late leaders Kim Il Sung at left and Kim Jong Il at right at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. The spectacles exist at a North Korean intersection of dogma, tedium and entertainment. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)