First North Korea Instagram Videos Give Eerie Glimpse at Mysterious Land

visits aside, North Korea is primarily known in the western world for its fiercely isolationist reputation and antagonistic relationship with neighboring South Korea and the United States

North Korea a 3G mobile network enabling a bit more access, but we now have a deeper glimpse at life in the mysterious communist dictatorship. How? What Instagram says are the first known videos from inside North Korea posted to its wildly popular photo-sharing network.

The short clips come from award-winning Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder via his @dguttenfelder profile, as well as AP reporter Jean Lee. Guttenfelder has posted photographs from inside North Korea to Instagram for some time, but shared his first video — this panoramic look at capital city Pyongyang — on Saturday: