Footage shows how North Korea's capital is empty of residents
Rare aerial footage of North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, has revealed that while it's filled with skyscrapers, the vast city appears to be empty of people.
The footage was filmed by Singaporean Aram Pan as he rode in a Piper Matrix PA-46 circling Pyongyang.
Pan is part of the DPRK360, a project aiming to showcase North Korea through images and film. He was given permission to film by the country's government.
Footage shows colourful buildings and skyscrapers as well as modern highways, overpasses and bridges.
Footage of the North Korean capital was filmed by Singaporean Aram Pan as he rode in a Piper Matrix PA-46 circling Pyongyang. He was given permission to film by the country's government
Pan, who works with an organization working to showcase North Korea through film and images, was given permission to film by the country's government.
Another region of the city shows vast rolling hills with small houses in rows. The region sits just outside the metropolis city.
But one noteworthy aspect of the video, however, is that the roads and pavement are mostly empty of people and cars.
Pyongyang, the largest city in North Korea, is believed to have a population of 2.58million.
The country has been shut off from the rest of the world for nearly 70 years, after the Korean peninsula was cut into two countries.
Pan has been documenting life inside North Korea for several years, and is one of the rare foreigners allowed to do so.
North Korea allows foreign tourists to visit but their travel is strictly limited. Hundreds of Americans were among the roughly 4,000 to 5,000 Western tourists who visit North Korea each year before the the travel ban to the country was initiated at the beginning of September.
The travel ban was imposed following the death of student Otto Warmbier in June, a few days after the 22-year-old was sent home in a mysterious coma following more than a year in prison in the North.
Footage shows colourful buildings and skyscrapers as well as modern highways, overpasses and bridges
Another region of the city shows vast rolling hills with small houses in rows. The region sits just outside the metropolis city
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