Reuters news agency has released photos of the daily life of North Koreans in the border area bordering China and North Korea.
In this photo taken from Dandong City, Liaoning Province, China, people work in a field in Sinuiju, North Korea.Birds fly over a North Korean guard post at Gijungdong village in this photo taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea. North Koreans work in a rice field at the North Korean village of Kaepoong in this photo taken from the Unification Observatory near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea.The North Korean village of Gijungdong is seen from a South Korean observation post inside the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) inter-Korean.Houses in Sinuiju, North Korea, with giant portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in this photo taken from Dandong City, Liaoning Province, China.In this photo taken from the Unification Observatory, North Koreans work in a rice field in the village of Kaepoong, near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea.A flagpole is seen in the North Korean village of Gijungdong near the South Korean border.A North Korean factory appears in this photo taken from Dandong, China.Bicycles and agricultural machinery appear in a field in the North Korean village of Kaepoong, near the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.The daily life of a North Korean farmer in a lot in Kaepoong village.Houses are located close together near a railway line in Sinuiju, bordering the Chinese city of Dandong.The Kaesong Inter-Korean Industrial Complex is seen behind a North Korean guard post at Gijungdong village in this photo taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ.A North Korean soldier stands guard at a guard post in Gijungdong village.A Chinese tourist boat passes by buildings in Sinuiju, North Korea, on the Yalu River separating North Korea and China.North Korea's Sinuiju area and the bridge over the Yalu River in this photo taken from Dandong, Liaoning Province, China.