North Korean women look out from a window onboard North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 carrying a 140-strong...
North Korean women look out from a window onboard the Mangyongbong 92. Named after a mountain peak, the Mangyongbong 92 was given by a group of pro-Pyongyang Korean residents in Japan in 1992 to Kim Il Sung, the North's national founder and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un, to celebrate his 80th birthday, according to the Unification Ministry. It features dozens of cabins of different classes, including special rooms where Kim Jong Un's father and grandfather stayed, as well as a restaurant, a bar equipped with a karaoke machine, and a shop where guests can buy souvenirs and snacks, such as ice cream, video footage and images from the 2002 show. It can carry 350 passengers, Seoul officials said.
REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji