The traffic ladies are “second to none” as a photo subject for tourists visiting Pyongyang, said Mr Simon Cockerell, general manager of specialist travel agency Koryo Tours, who has been ...

Unless, of course, you’re in North Korea. Pyongyang's “traffic ladies” are emblematic of a country completely enamoured with its image. Kim Jong Un’s intersection beauties also fit a ...

To make it even weirder, there’s even a fansite dedicated to the women who direct traffic in the country’s capital, Pyongyang. One of the most shocking abuses of human rights in North Korea is ...

The site, which even awards a Pyongyang Traffic Girl of the Month, also produces calendars for their hordes of fans to purchase. Officially known as traffic security officers, the ladies are only ...

Photo / Getty Images The most attractive women in North Korea are hand-picked for roles in traffic control. Traffic girls are perhaps the most iconic symbols of Pyongyang, according to the Daily Mail.

Traffic in Pyongyang has become visibly heavier over ... who are mostly young women and whose ubiquitous presence and bright uniforms that change with each season have long made them a symbol ...

The girls are beautiful. Even the traffic cops are beautiful. Maintaining the corps of "queens of the road" or "beauties of Pyongyang" requires cosmetic attention from the state, an intervention ...

Snapping their heads from side to side, marching into the roads in close-fitting blue uniforms and black heels, the "traffic ladies" who marshal vehicles at the intersections of Pyongyang are an ...

The site, which even awards a Pyongyang Traffic Girl of the Month, also produces calendars for their hordes of fans to purchase. Officially known as traffic security officers, the ladies are only ...