Life at the edge of North Korea

Emil Lendof

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Apr 17, 2018

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The Wider Image: A road trip on the edge of North Korea

A piece of clothing is used to make a gap in barbed wire near the closed bridge over the Yalu River on the Chinese side of the border with North Korea between towns of Ji’an and Linjiang, China. REUTERS

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A North Korean watchtower is photographed from the Chinese side of the Yalu River east of Linjiang, China. REUTERS

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A North Korean woman is photographed from the Chinese side of the Yalu River near the town of Changbai, China, as she walks between houses in the North Korean town of Hyesan. REUTERS

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People have their picture taken with North Korea in the background, in Tumen, China. REUTERS

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A tourist uses binoculars to look across to North Korea from a tower built on the Chinese side of the border between Russia (left), China (center) and North Korea (right) near the town of Hunchun in China. REUTERS

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Tourists travel on a boat taking them from the Chinese side of the Yalu River for sightseeing close to the shores of North Korea, near Dandong, Liaoning province, China. REUTERS

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A man takes pictures of himself with North Korea and the remains of a bridge in the background, just north of Dandong in Liaoning province, China. REUTERS

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A sign reading, “Take the initiative to preserve order along the border,” stands in a field at the border between China and North Korea just outside Dandong, Liaoning province, China. REUTERS

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North Korean women are photographed from the Chinese side of the border near the town of Changbai, China, as they wash clothes in the frozen Yalu River near the North Korean town of Hyesan. REUTERS

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Women participate in a group dance exercise close to the Yalu River which runs between China and North Korea, in the town of Linjiang in Jilin province, China. REUTERS

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A North Korean border guard is photographed from the Chinese side of the border near the town of Changbai, China as he stands on the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Hyesan. REUTERS

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A man looks through binoculars towards North Korea on the Broken Bridge over the Yalu River that connects the North Korean town of Sinuiju and Dandong in Liaoning Province, China. REUTERS

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Women, photographed from the Chinese side of the border, are seen through binoculars fixed on a building on the Chinese side of the border for sightseers to look across to North Korea, as they cross the bridge from Namyang in North Korea towards the town of Tumen in China. REUTERS

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Women walk across a bridge from an island on the Yalu River, dividing North Korea and China, in the town of Linjiang in Jilin province, China. REUTERS

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North Korean souvenirs are displayed for sale on the banks of the Yalu River in Dandong in Liaoning province, Chin. REUTERS

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Policemen control a check point after preventing Reuters reporters from driving through, near the border of China and North Korea, just outside the village of Sanhe, China. REUTERS

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North Korean fishermen are seen as a Chinese flag flutters from the Broken Bridge as the sun sets over the Yalu River between the North Korean town of Sinuiju and Dandong in Liaoning Province, China. REUTERS

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North Koreans are photographed from the Chinese side of the border as they stand next to the freezing Yalu River near the town of Linjiang, China. REUTERS

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North Koreans are photographed from the Chinese side of the border as they stand in the freezing Yalu River near the town of Linjiang, China. REUTERS

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North Koreans are photographed from the Chinese side of the border as they stand in the freezing Yalu River near the town of Linjiang, China. Reuters

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A North Korean border guard, photographed from Chinese side of border north of Dandong in China takes position at Hekou’s Broken Bridge over the Yalu River, north of the towns of Sinuiju in North Korea. REUTERS

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