And that's not to mention the individual net worths of his adult children: a reported $25 million each for both Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, according to Forbes estimates from 2019; and a reported $10 million for Tiffany Trump, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Ivanka Trump, who runs her own business, has the largest net worth of all the children. She and her husband Jared Kushner are estimated to be worth around $1.1 billion, as best ascertained by ethics filings reflecting the couple's real estate holdings and additional investments.
Combined, that means the entire Trump family's fortune could be well over $6.7 billion.
From pricey penthouses and expensive schooling to high-end shopping and a full-on aviation fleet, here's how they spend their money.
Donald Trump's net worth is currently estimated to be $5.6 billion.
According to his executive branch personnel public financial disclosure report, he earned anywhere from $597,396,914 to $667,811,903 between January 2016 and spring 2017.
Nearly $3.6 billion of Trump's wealth comes from his brand businesses — an estimated $3.5 billion from the Trump Media and Technology Group, and $96 million comes from the Trump Hotel Management & Licensing Business.
President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he boards Air Force One for travel to Pennsylvania from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on August 13, 2019.
Before he was elected to the White House, Trump spent $66 million of his own money on his presidential campaign, according to campaign finance disclosures examined by Reuters.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, in Hershey, Pa.
Trump often traveled during his campaign using his huge aircraft fleet. He reportedly bought a Boeing 727 for $8 million back in the day, and then replaced it in 2010 with a Boeing 757 that he bought from Microsoft's Paul Allen for $100 million.
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According to the New York Times, it burns fuel at a rate of thousands of dollars an hour.
Trump has an affinity for Brioni suits, which range from $5,250 to $6,900. While the brand supplied him with suits during "The Apprentice," he started paying for them during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Melania Trump also has a taste for pricey fashion. She's been spotted wearing everything from a $2,095 Givenchy cape dress at an International Red Cross Ball to a $7,995 Monique Lhuillier sequined gown at a White House Historical Association dinner. And then there's also the time when she donned a $52,000 Dolce & Gabbana jacket.
Melania has had her own makeup artist, Nicole Bryl, who once told US Weekly of Melania's plans to have a "glam room" in the White House. She also has a hairstylist who makes house calls and travels with her.
U.S. first lady Melania Trump arrives in the Rose Garden to speak at the White House May 7, 2018 in Washington, DC.
Melania has said she's a full-time mom and that she refuses to spend money on a nanny. In 2013, she told ABC News that she dresses her son, Barron, in suits and moisturizes him with her brand's Caviar Complex C6 moisturizer. He was seven years old at the time.
First lady Melania Trump and Barron Trump walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, in Washington.
In New York, Barron was attending Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, which can costs upward of $59,000 a year. While he lived in the White House, he attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Maryland, which can cost up to $47,000 a year. He later attended the Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, near his father's Mar-a-Lago club. (Barron is now a student at New York University.)
The three of them lived in the ritzy $50 million penthouse in Trump Tower in New York before moving into the White House in 2017. Trump reportedly has said the penthouse spans 33,000 square feet, but city records indicate that it's actually 10,996 square feet.
They also have a 39,000-square-foot mansion in Bedford, New York, called Seven Springs, for which they reportedly paid $7.5 million. The home, used for family getaways, reportedly has a net value of $25 million.
That includes the estimated $342 million (after liabilities) Mar-a-Lago, a 17-acre estate in Palm Beach that Trump reportedly purchased for $10 million. It has 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces, and three bomb shelters.
Donald Trump Jr. also owns real estate in Manhattan. He bought two apartments at the Sovereign for $1.5 million and $1.125 million, Town & Country reported. The publication speculated that he combined the two apartments.
Meanwhile, Ivanka Trump is busy building her own empire. Between January 1, 2016, and May 31, 2017, she earned at least $13.5 million in income, according to forms released by the White House. More than $5 million came from her namesake brand, more than $2.5 million from the Trump Organization, and nearly $800,000 for book and TV work.
Once Trump took up residence in the White House, Ivanka and Jared moved to Washington DC, where they lived in a $5.5 million house in the upscale Kalorama neighborhood.
Like her stepmother, Ivanka also steps out in a mix of high-end and fast fashion, from a $6,280 Oscar de la Renta dress and coat to an $870 Roksanda dress and a $35 Victoria Beckham for Target dress.
Tiffany Trump's schooling was always paid for by Donald Trump, according to a source who talked to People Magazine. She attended the University of Pennsylvania for her undergraduate degree and in 2020 graduated from Georgetown Law School, which costs upwards of $80,000 per year for the full-time JD program.
She's been spotted wearing $725 Aquazarra shoes and has worn couture designer Daniel Basso — whose gowns can cost thousands of dollars — to formal events several times.
Tiffany Trump married businessman Michael Boulos in November 2022 at her father's Mar-a-Lago club in South Florida. Her engagement ring was reportedly worth $1.2 million.
There's debate on the extent of Trump's philanthropic efforts, but in 2009, he and Melania donated $5,000 to $9,999 to the Police Athletic League of New York City. He also donated $1 million of his own money to Hurricane Harvey relief in 2017.
President Donald Trump (R) and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn before departing the White House July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Ohio to participate in a 'salute to American heroes' and a 'Make America Great Again Rally.'
Russian President Vladimir and his now ex-wife Lyudmila Shkrebneva.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has at least two daughters he rarely talks about.
He has two daughters with his ex-wife Lyudmila Shkrebneva: Maria and Katerina, both in their 30s.
Various unconfirmed reports say he has at least three other children, who he fiercely guards from the limelight.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is famously secretive about his personal life.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Orthodox Easter service in the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.
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Putin has long tried to shield his personal life from the spotlight.
He has rarely publicly acknowledged his children, though media outlets have for years reported that he has two daughters with his ex-wife.
Putin is also rumored to have had relationships that may have produced other, secret children, including two boys by one mistress and a girl from a later rumored affair.
Putin's family affairs are so secretive that reports of exactly how many children he may have fathered have varied over the years, as have their names.
Most recently, in November 2024, Ukrainian media reportedly tracked down one of Putin's alleged daughters, who was living in Paris and working as a DJ.
Putin had two daughters with his first wife Lyudmila Shkrebneva, a former flight attendant
When the family moved to Moscow in 1996, the girls attended a German-language school. The children were reportedly removed from school when Putin became acting president, and teachers educated them at home.
Then-acting President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila applaud during a concert after an award ceremony in Gudermes on January 1, 2000.
"Not all fathers are as loving with their children as he is," Lyudmila said in an undated quote on Putin's government website. "And he has always spoiled them, while I was the one who had to discipline them."
But as Putin gained political power, his children saw him less and less, according to one of his early biographers.
Then-Acting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after a meeting in the Duma, Russian parliament's lower house, in Moscow, 12 August 1999.
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His first official biographer, Natalya Gevorkyan, interviewed him and his family in 1999.
The family was soon isolated and surrounded by security after Putin became prime minister for the first time, she said.
His daughters told her that they admired their father and were proud of him, but it appeared they didn't get to see him much, she said.
Putin's marriage may also have been loveless. Lyudmila "was not a happy woman" and Putin wouldn't "hold" her, his biographer said.
Then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila pray during an Orthodox Easter service in Moscow in 2011 in Moscow.
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"I understood that [Lyudmila] was not a happy woman. She was not," the biographer Gevorkyan said, speaking of her interviews conducted in 1999.
Gevorkyan said she had the impression Putin did not love her. She recalled Lyudmila as saying: "There are women who are admired by men, I think I am not that kind of woman. He will not hold me in his hands."
Gevorkyan said Lyudmila's tone was "more with respect" to her husband.
"I had the feeling that she really loved him," she added. "And I had a feeling that she was not that much loved back. I didn't have the feeling that it was a successful marriage for her."
Putin and Lyudmila announced their divorce in 2013, although they were likely living separate lives long before that.
Putin and Lyudmila walking through the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, on June 6, 2013, the day they announced their divorce.
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Lyudmila had become "almost invisible" in Putin's public life, according to Nina Khrushcheva, a professor of international affairs at New York's New School.
Putin was rumored to be seeing Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, while Luydmila was believed to have begun dating businessman and triathlete Arthur Ocheretny by around 2010.
Meanwhile, the daughters were growing up. Maria studied biology before medical school, while Katerina majored in Asian Studies in college. Both girls attended university under false identities.
As adults: Maria Vorontsova, left, in 2022, and Katerina Tikhonova, right, in 2021.
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There are no official current photos of the women. For Katerina, we found the slightly varying first names of "Katerina," "Katya," and "Yekaterina," and the last names "Putina," "Tikhonova," and "Shamalov."
Katerina Tikhonova, daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, dances with Ivan Klimov during the World Cup Rock'n'Roll Acrobatic Competition in Krakow, Poland, on April 12, 2014.
Maria and Faassen reportedly have a child — Putin told filmmaker Oliver Stone in 2017 that he was a grandfather. When Stone asked if he played with his grandchild, Putin replied: "Very seldom, unfortunately."
"The Putin Interviews" was a four-part series that premiered on Showtime in May 2017.
Katerina, an accomplished acrobatic dancer, is a tech executive.
Katerina Tikhonova, daughter of Vladimir Putin, dancing.
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She has been reported to head up Innopraktika, one of Moscow State University's initiatives to foster young scientists, as well as being deputy director of a mathematical institute there.
In 2022 she was given a role overseeing Russian import substitutions.
Katerina married Russian billionaire Kirill Shamalov in 2013, though they are reportedly no longer together. Their wedding was a lavish affair at the Igora resort in St. Petersburg.
Kirill Shamalov, the former husband of Putin's daughter Katerina
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The wedding was highly secure and included a laser show, an ice-skating display, and a mock Russian village, according to Reuters.
A 2023 investigation found that the couple, though married by a priest in an elaborate ceremony, never formalized their vows at the registry office, as required by the Russian Orthodox Church. The report suggested this was connected to the structure of the family's vast and secretive property holdings.
By 2018, the pair had split, according to Bloomberg.
Shamalov prospered during the marriage, racking up lucrative business interests. By the time he and Katerina split in 2018, the divorce papers revealed they were worth $2 billion.
Russian President Putin visits "Voronezhsintezkauchuk" plant, part of the SIBUR company, in Voronezh. Shamalov is pictured at the right of the group.
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As early as 2016, the couple were hardly corresponding, and Shamalov had seen lucrative shares in energy company Sibur returned to Putin's friends, a 2023 investigation reported.
Katerina made her debut on Russian state TV as a biotechnology expert in December 2018.
Katerina Tikhonova (R) on Rossiya 1 on December 7, 2018.
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Her appearance did not include comments on her being related to Putin. The link was briefly made public in the course of a dance competition, but later retracted.
She has at least twice joined an event known as Russia's answer to Davos, and in 2024, Maria was also there. Both were rare appearances.
Katerina Tikhonova attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) virtually.
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In June 2021, Katerina addressed the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum — but nobody called her Putin's daughter, apparently out of fear of reprisal from the Kremlin.
At the same event in 2024, Katerina appeared virtually, commenting on the "technological sovereignty" of the nation's military.
The following day, Maria spoke in person on a panel about biotech innovations. Programming listed her as a member of the Russian Association for the Promotion of Science, according to CNN.
In 2022, it emerged that Katerina had begun a clandestine relationship with German ballet star Igor Zelensky and had a daughter with him.
Igor Zelensky, the father of Katerina's child, in 2014. In 2016 he became director of the Bavarian State Ballet.
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Zelensky — no relation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — has served as the director of the Bavarian State Ballet and the Munich State Ballet.
The relationship was revealed by a 2022 investigation that examined Katerina's flight records, showing that she traveled with members of Putin's presidential secret service.
Per the report, Katerina secretly flew to Munich more than 50 times to see Zelensky between 2017 and 2019, with their daughter in tow.
Meanwhile, Maria Vorontsova split with Faassen and had a child with businessman Evgeny Nagorny, independent Russian media reported.
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Nagorny — who formerly showed an interest in opposition politics — has been flying around the world with Vorontsova since at least 2016, according to a joint investigation by Russian outlets Meduza and Current Time.
They had a child together, and Nagorny became the manager of major gas company Novatek, the outlets reported.
In 2020, per the outlets, Nagorny bought a luxury Moscow apartment in the building pictured above.
There are rumors that Putin has other children with ex-girlfriend and former Russian rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva.
Putin greets Alina Kabaeva during a meeting with candidates to the Russian Olympic team for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
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It's unclear exactly when Putin began dating the famed gymnast, but rumors were swirling long before he and Lyudmila announced their divorce.
In a 2008 news conference in Italy, a reporter asked him about the chatter, which Putin dismissed, adding: "I always disliked people who go around with their erotic fantasies, sticking their snot-ridden noses into another person's life."
Reports have varied over the years on what children they have, with tabloid reports of the birth of a daughter in 2015.
More recently, however, an investigation reported that they have two sons.
Neither the relationship nor the reported children have been confirmed by Russia.
A bombshell investigation in 2024 said that Putin and Kabaeva have 2 sons who live in seclusion and extreme luxury.
The boys are named as Ivan, born in 2015, and Vladimir Jr, born in 2019.
Business Insider could not independently verify the report.
At Ivan's birth, according to the investigation, Putin was so happy that he shouted: 'Hurray! Finally! A boy!'
Extreme secrecy surrounds them — per the investigation, they have used "cover documents since infancy, which are mostly made for intelligence officers and people under state protection."
In 2024, Ukrainian armed forces said they had flown a drone over Valdai palace, where Kabaeva and the children reportedly live.
Pantsir-S1 air defense marked around 3.3 miles from the Valdai Palace compound, as of July 2024.
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The drone was on its way to attack a St Petersburg oil terminal as part of a spate of attacks on Russian energy facilities, Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine's minister of strategic industries, said.
Reports have also claimed that a former cleaning lady, Svetlana Krivonogikh, once had an affair with Putin and moved into one of St. Petersburg's wealthiest neighborhoods.
An aerial view of St. Petersburg's prestigious Birch Alley, where one of Putin's rumored mistresses was reported to live.
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Independent investigations have reported that the pair had a close friendship between the late 1990s and the end of the 2010s, which resulted in a daughter.
In that time, Krivonogikh went from a former cleaning lady to the billionaire owner of one of Putin's favorite ski resorts.
Krivonogikh's daughter, who was born in 2003, is named Elizaveta Vladimirovna Rozova and goes by Luisa. Identity papers do not indicate a father, but her middle name means "daughter of Vladimir." She has not confirmed any relationship.
A Google Earth image of St Petersburg's elite Birch Alley complex.
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A Proekt investigation remarked on Elizaveta's "phenomenal resemblance" to Putin and many connections between the president and her mother. Images reportedly from her social profiles show a striking resemblance to Putin. But no relationship has been proven.
In a 2021 magazine interview, Elizaveta's face was not depicted.
Asked about the resemblance, she agreed, but said "there are a lot of people similar to Vladimir Vladimirovich," using an alternative, respectful name for Putin.
Elizaveta appears to have led a vibrant life as a DJ and fashion businesswoman in Moscow and Paris.
In a bizarre turn of events, Andrey Zakharov, the journalist who first reported on Elizaveta, got added to a Clubhouse chat with her in 2021.
"I live in my own bubble," she reportedly said, adding that she doesn't pay attention to the news.
"I watch fashion shows, I buy copies of Vogue, and I love to go to the nearby restaurant and eat tasty pasta, dishing with friends about the latest gossip and investigations."
In late 2020, Putin announced Russia had finalized its COVID-19 vaccine. He said he gave the shot to one of his daughters, but wouldn't specify which one.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a remote meeting with members of the government on August 11, 2020.
In February 2022, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. No statement came from Katerina or Maria, but scrutiny of their families ramped up.
An image showing an activist flying a Ukrainian flag from the balcony of a villa linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Biarritz, France.
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In March 2022, an activist broke into a property owned by Katerina's ex-husband Kirill Shamalov in Biarritz, France, saying he was going to use it to host Ukrainian refugees.
More than a year later, as the war dragged on, Dutch authorities seized land belonging to Maria's ex-husband Jorrit Faassen, who was under suspicion of evading sanctions.
In April 2022, the US sanctioned Maria and Katerina, saying that they had "enriched themselves at the expense of the Russian people."
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A White House statement said: "This action cuts them off from the US financial system and freezes any assets they hold in the United States."
The UK quickly followed suit, saying it was targeting Maria and Katerina's "lavish lifestyles."
The announcement also contained more details about their work.
Tikhonova's work supports Russia's government and defense industry, while Vorontsova's genetics research programs are personally overseen by Putin, the White House said.
The US said it believed the women were hiding assets for Putin, which was its rationale for sanctioning them. The Kremlin suggested the move was anti-Russian.
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"We believe that many of Putin's assets are hidden with family members and that's why we're targeting them," a senior Biden administration official said, according to ABC News.
Dmitry Peskov, Putin's top spokesperson, said the Kremlin found the decision "difficult to understand" and framed it as part of a "rabid" Western animosity toward Russia.
Since 2022, the list of countries that have slapped sanctions on Maria and Katerina has only grown.
The US, UK, European Union, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan have all imposed sanctions on them.
In July 2022, as sanctions began to bite in Russia, Katerina was given a top post overseeing import substitutions.
Putin meeting with the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin, in March 2022.
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Tikhonova was appointed to a position at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, known as RSPP.
Putin critics speculated that the shakeup at RSPP, a key Russian business lobby, was done to help bolster the country's lagging economy, which remains heavily dependent on foreign imports and has suffered from the bevy of international sanctions imposed due to the war in Ukraine.
State media reporting on Tikhonova's appointment didn't mention her relationship to Putin.
In the summer of 2022, the US added Kabaeva to its sanctions list, citing her "close relationship" with Putin.
Alina Kabaeva pictured in Moscow in July 2018.
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The US government had initially held off sanctioning Kabaeva on the basis that it would be too personal a provocation to Putin — a reservation that suggests the White House, at least, is in no doubt about their relationship.
But Kabaeva was finally sanctioned in August 2022 over her ties to the Russian government.
Svetlana Krivonogikh was the last woman connected to Putin to feel the weight of sanctions.
Drone footage of the Lake Valdai property.
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In February 2023, the UK sanctioned Krivonogikh.
The UK government made no specific reference to a personal connection to Putin, although it did say she was one of five people "connected to Putin's luxury residences," including his luxury compound at Valdai.
It also said that she is "a shareholder in Bank Rossiya and the National Media Group, that consistently promotes the Russian assault in Ukraine."
In March 2023, the Innopraktika Institute, headed up by Katerina, scolded Russian youth for not being patriotic enough online.
Katerina Tikhonova on screen at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2021
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The report, which examined young people's social media activity, likened the drop in patriotism to a hybrid special military operation waged against Russia by foreign countries — using language more associated with how Putin characterizes his own invasion of Ukraine.
Song Un Pyol, manager at an upscale department store in Pyongyang, North Korea, stands in the snacks aisle while being interviewed by The Associated Press.
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North Korea is home to about 26 million people who are taught to worship their leaders as gods.
The country is culturally and economically isolated as many suffer from malnutrition and poverty.
Many North Koreans go to work every day on farms, in factories, and in the capital of Pyongyang.
There's limited information available about the daily lives of people living in North Korea, one of the world's most isolated nations.
The country is home to about 26 million people. Kim Jong Un, the current Great Leader, has near-total control of the country and leads a repressive regime that is willing to do away with political dissidents.
While Kim boasts his great military and nuclear might to the rest of the world, many North Korean citizens quietly struggle, suffering from malnutrition and poor living conditions. Most citizens have little idea of what's going on in the outside world due to government restrictions on travel and electricity.
North Korean citizens are active in the workforce, though sometimes against their will. Most North Koreans don't have a say in their professions and are assigned a job. Tens of thousands are being held in political prison camps where many are used for forced labor.
Below, take a look into the mostly hidden world of the work-life of North Korea.
Many in the country suffer from food scarcity.
A farmer carries a fully grown cabbage after harvesting it.
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Following a catastrophic famine in the 1990s, North Korea pushed to increase its agricultural production. Still, food insecurity in the region is alarmingly high.
The country was receiving food aid until 2009, and in recent years, corn and rice production has improved.
Many North Koreans work in agriculture.
Men plow fields along the Pyongyang-Wonsan highway in Sangwon, North Korea, near Pyongyang.
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North Korea's disdain for modern technological intervention is, in part, a way to add more laborers to the workforce. More machines would mean fewer workers.
Some farmers rely on relatively primitive methods to farm the land. The nation has historically struggled to produce the amount of fertilizer it needs.
This noodle restaurant was built at the request of the late leader Kim Il Sung.
People dine at the Ongnyugwan, a popular noodle restaurant in Pyongyang.
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Workers at Ongnyugwan, a popular noodle restaurant in Pyongyang, claim to serve 10,000 lunches a day.
The restaurant was built in 1960 at the request of the late leader Kim Il Sung.
The Pothonggang Department Store is in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital.
Song Un Pyol, manager at the upscale Potonggang department store in Pyongyang.
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Kim Jong Il opened the Pothonggang Department Store in December 2010 in what officials said was an attempt to improve living conditions in Pyongyang. The store sells electronics, cosmetics, food, housing goods, and more.
While comparatively wealthy citizens shop at the upscale store, poorer city residents buy goods via an extensive black market — often trading American dollars for products.
Workers at the 326 Electric Wire Factory make cables.
A factory worker removes his gloves at the Pyongyang 326 Electric Wire Factory.
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The 326 Electric Wire Factory in Pyongyang says it has 1,000 workers on any given day. When the Los Angeles Times visited in 2016, only 100 were on duty.
North Korea's major trading partner is China, to whom they sell minerals, metals, guns, textiles, and agricultural and fishery products. Russia has also started importing from North Korea.
Images of the Great Leaders are found throughout the country.
A staff member sweeps the floor in a hotel lobby, which features a portrait of the Great Leaders.
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Portraits of the Kims — first Great Leader, Kim Il-Sung, his son, Kim Jong Il, and now, Kim Jong Un — can be found throughout the country.
Citizens are taught from a young age to worship their leaders as gods.
North Korea is a major producer of textiles like silk.
A woman works at the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile factory in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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The Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile factory, named after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's grandmother, claims to employ 1,600 workers, primarily women.
To manufacture silk, workers sort and process silkworms to produce silk threads. Officials have said they produce 200 tons of silk annually.
Some products are modeled after foreign ones.
A North Korean woman works at Ryuwon Shoe Factory.
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The Ryuwon Shoe Factory in Pyongyang specializes in sports footwear.
One worker, Kim Kyong Hui, told CBS News in 2019 that "the respected leader Kim Jong Un has instructed us to closely study shoes from all over the world and learn from their example."
The Chollima Steel Complex in Nampo says it employs more than 8,000 workers.
A worker stands near a furnace at the Chollima Steel Complex in Nampo.
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The Chollima Steel Complex is one of several North Korean steel complexes.
It was built by Mitsubishi when Japan ruled over the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. Production briefly stopped after World War II but resumed in 1953.
People work in rice fields in North Korea's Kangwon Province.
Men and women work in a rice field in Kangwon province in eastern North Korea.
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Wonsan, the capital of the Kangwon province, is a major port city. It is being developed into a tourist site with several attractions, though tourism is highly limited.
North Korea allowed some Russian visitors earlier in 2024 amid the growing relationship between North Korea and Russia. It has also historically allowed Chinese tourists.
The prices of corn and rice products increased amid the pandemic.
An employee of the Pyongyang Corn Processing Factory watches corn noodles being made in December 2020, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Food scarcity was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The nation has strict internal and external security.
A traffic policeman directs pedestrians leaving an anti-U.S. rally that marked the 66th anniversary of the start of the Korean War at Kim Il Square in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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North Korea has a robust internal security administration that monitors its citizens. Officers in the Ministry of Public Security, the nation's law enforcement agency, function as a national constabulary.
Reports from the US Department of State indicate that North Koreans live under threat of human rights violations such as arbitrary arrests and punishments for alleged transgressions by family members. The government permits secret and unlawful killings of accused dissidents.
North Koreans lived under severe restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, a doctor checks a resident's temperature to curb the spread of coronavirus infection, in Pyongyang.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, North Koreans lived under strict rules and restrictions, some of which may still be in place.
In May 2022, Kim Jong Un blamed his own officials and their "irresponsible work attitude" for a surge in COVID-19 infections.
The nation said it would reopen some travel in December 2024.
Staff members of the Tongan Primary School conduct anti-epidemic work in Pyongyang in 2023.
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North Korean officials announced that some tourism activity could resume in December 2024, years after the COVID-19 pandemic first hit.
Though most other countries have reopened and resumed life as normal, North Korea has used the pandemic as an excuse to maintain harsh restrictions. Reports indicated that citizens were executed for violating pandemic rules.
