[북한화보]북한엿보기 - Peering into North Korea(1)

[북한화보]북한엿보기 - Peering into North Korea(1)

 

April 24, 2009

Peering into North Korea

News stories about North Korea have been quite frequent recently, with their test launch of a rocket over Japan, withdrawal from nuclear disarmament talks coupled with a threat to restart their nuclear program, reports that their nuclear attack capabilities may be larger than previously thought - and their recent arrest and indictment of two U.S. reporters on its border with China. Even with all this attention, photographs from North Korea are still restricted and hard to come by. one　　 way around that has been for photographers to peer inside from across the border, a pastime that has also spurred a level of curious tourism in both neighboring South Korea and China. Collected here are a some recent photographs, looking into reclusive North Korea from the outside - and some of the reactions these observations induce. (previously: Recent scenes from North Korea) (37 photos total)

 

North Korean soldiers walk in an early morning mist with their rifles and spades along the North Korean-Chinese border near the Chinese city of Dandong on April 5, 2009. (REUTERS/ Nir Elias) 

 

A man on a Yalu River touring boat uses binoculars for a closer glimpse of life in the North Korean border town of Sinuiju on April 5, 2009, across the river from Dandong in northeast China. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) #

 

North Korean border guards pause on the bank of the Yalu River at the border with China near the North Korean city of Hyesan on April 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Reinhard Krause) #

 

This picture taken on April 3, 2009 from a boat close to the Chinese town of Dandong, China, shows a North Korean farmer collecting water along the the banks of the Yalu River near the town of Qingzhouli, North Korea. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) #

 

A North Korean soldier plays a guitar on the banks of the Yalu River near the town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese city of Dandong on April 15, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #

 

Fishing vessels are docked on the banks of the Yalu River in the North Korean border town of Sinuiju on April 6, 2009. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) #

 

North Korean workers walk towards a factory in the city of Hyesan on April 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Reinhard Krause) #

 

People push carts in the North Korean city of Hyesan on April 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Reinhard Krause) #

 

Men ride their bicycles on the banks of Yalu River in the North Korean city of Hyesan on April 5, 2009. (REUTERS/Reinhard Krause) #

 

A woman views North Korea from China in a watchtower on Tiger Mountain Great Wall, the eastern starting point of the Great Wall that stretches across northern China and forms part of China's border with North Korea, overlooking the Yalu River. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) #

 

A North Korean soldier looks up as he patrols the border near the Chinese city of Dandong on April 4, 2009. (REUTERS/ Nir Elias) #

 

Smokestacks line a hazy riverfront as a North Korean border patrol speedboat anchors in the middle of the Yalu River and a Chinese tour boat passes by, offshore of the town of Siniuju on April 4, 2009. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) #

 

North Korean boys throw stones at a passing boat from the riverbank of the Yalu River northeast of Siniuju on April 3, 2009, across from Dandong, China. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) #

 

A North Korean soldier plays with his spade as he and his companions walk away from the North Korean-Chinese border near Dandong, China on April 5, 2009. (REUTERS/Nir Elias) #

 

A visitor walks on "Broken Bridge" in Dandong on March 23, 2009 which used to connect China and North Korea before it was bombed by the US during the Korean war and is now a tourist attraction on the Yalu River. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) #

 

Dusk falls over the Yalu River on April 3, 2009, which seperates the North Korean town of Siniuju (opposite) from the Chinese city of Dandong, as lights are turned on along the Yalu River bridge, also known as the no-name bridge. The full-length bridge built right beside the no-name bridge remains busy during the day time as trucks, trains and other vehicles transport goods back and forth. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) #

 

North Korean men ride on a truck as they pass a military guardpost on the banks of the Yalu River near the town of Qingzhouli, North Korea. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) #

 

A North Korean officer gestures upon seeing his soldiers chatting with local Chinese over the North Korean-Chinese border near the city of Dandong on April 4, 2009. (REUTERS/ Nir Elias) #