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How North Korea may (or may not) have fooled the world

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This suspect photograph appears to show a number of similar-looking hovercraft landing on a beach somewhere in North Korea.
It's not the first time North Korea has used a bit of Photoshop trickery to embellish history. But can you tell which of the following emanates from the dictatorship,
and which is the work of The Telegraph's picture desk?

 

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In 2008 it was reported that an image of Kim Jong-il, posing with the North Korean army, was a fake. In the photo, the shadow cast by his calves ran a different direction
from that of the soldiers on either side of him, while a black line running along the strand on which the soldiers were position disappeared when it got to Kim.


 

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The Great Pyramids of Pyongyang. Despite the enormous 105-story Ryugyong Hotel being unfinished 26 years after construction began,
an image issued by the regime indicates they have in fact built five while no one was looking.

 

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This combination picture of two images from KCNA shows a limousine with a portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il leading his funeral procession in Pyongyang. In the top picture released by Kyodo, a group of men clustered around what looks like a video camera is seen on the left side of the picture. In the bottom picture which was sent directly to Reuters by KCNA, the group is missing. Reuters now believes the bottom picture was altered by KCNA. The reason for the apparent photo alteration is unclear, although the doctored image appears slightly tidier than the original.


 

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After his record-beating 38-under par round, Kim Jong-il imparts some words of wisdom to the world's second best golfer.

 

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Kim Jong-un, deux, trois... The North Korean supremo releases a publicity shot after hearing that some other dear leader 'made man in his own image'.


 

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This photograph was taken by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and is one of several pictures which all appear to show the same giant soldier from different angles

 

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North Korea produces the world's smallest smartphone.

(For those of you wondering, pictures 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 11 were Photoshopped by our picture desk. Photos 1, 2, 6 and 10 have all been released at some point by the North Korean regime.)


 
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