Toby Maidment, Pyongyang Traffic Lady (December theme: Portrait)

One of North Korea's most well-known icons, the humble traffic lady, has become a symbol of defiance, regiment, and order within the closed-off country. Taken september 2016, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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