Deep below the ground is North Korea's beautiful 360 feet below ground, making it one of the deepest subway systems in the world. Some of the stations are so deep, they double as bomb shelters that are protected with heavy blast doors. A ticket to travel on the 5 won, which at the time of writing is about $0.004.
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This is what it's like to ride North Korea's marble-clad subway
Comprised of only two lines and 16 stops, hundreds of thousands of workers travel North Korea's Pyongyang Metro every day.
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