And what we have in North Korea?





Recently, news agencies frequently reported North Korea. The reason for this was the recent events related to the educational launch missiles toward Japan, the abandonment of nuclear disarmament talks, as well as threats to resume nuclear program. Media reported that North Korea's nuclear capability may be much larger than previously thought. Also recently there was the arrest of two US journalists on the border with China. Despite the increased attention to North Korea, still in the press continues to receive quite a few photos from the country. One way to "look behind the curtain" is photographed at the border. In recent years it has become quite popular, and there was quite a lot of curious tourists from neighboring China and South Korea. Collected here are photos, look at it from outside a closed country.



At dawn in the morning mist, North Korean soldiers with rifles and shovels go along the Korean-Chinese border near the Chinese city of Dandong on April 5 2009. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)



Man with binoculars watching the North Korean border town of Sinuiju. River Yalu, April 5, 2009 with the Chinese tourist boat. (FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)



North Korean border guards are resting on the banks of the Yalu River River on the border with China, North Korea city of Hyesan on April 4 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)



A picture in which a North Korean farmer gathers water, made April 3, 2009 from a boat near the Chinese city of Dandong and near the North Korean town of Qingzhouli. (FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)



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



Fishing boats at the docks off the coast 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 are at the factory in the city of Hyesan on April 4 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)



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



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



The girl looks in the direction of North Korea from the observation tower of the Great Wall of China, Part of the wall, which stretches across the northern part of China, forms part of the Chinese border with North Korea, overlooking the River Yalu. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)



North Korean soldiers patrolling the border near the Chinese city of Dandong on April 4 2009. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)



Against the background of industrial landscape on the banks of the Yalu River North Korean border is visible patrol boat Chinese tourist boat, sailing past. 4 April 2009. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)



North Korean boys throw stones at the passing boats. April 3, 2009, near the Chinese city of Dandong. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)



A North Korean soldier plays with his spade he and his comrades marching along the North Korean-Chinese border near the Chinese city of Dandong on April 5 2009. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)



Tourist passes through "destroyed bridge" on the Yalu River in Dandong, March 23, 2009. Was once the bridge connects China and North Korea, but the Korean War it was bombed by the Americans. Now it has become a local landmark and is often visited by tourists. (PETER PARKS / AFP / Getty Images)



Dusk was falling over the River Yalu, which separates the North Korean city Siniuju (on the opposite side) from the Chinese city of Dandong. April 3, 2009. Not far from this ruined bridge, there is a whole, according to which in the daytime drive trucks, trains and other vehicles carrying goods. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)



North Koreans ride on a truck near a military guard post on the bank of the river Yalu River near the town of Qingzhouli, North Korea. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)



North Korean officer gestures, seeing his soldiers to communicate with the local Chinese in the Korean-Chinese border, near the city of Dandong on April 4 2009. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)



Soldiers at their leisure play basketball on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju on April 15 2009. (REUTERS / Stringer)



North Korean women work in front, on which hangs a portrait of the late leader Kim Il Sung. City Hyesan on April 5 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)



Workers smiling Chinese tourists who waved from the passenger boat. Beach Yalu River in the North Korean city of Sinuiju, Sunday, March 22 2009. (AP Photo / Andy Wong)



Girl-soldier stands on a post on the banks of the Yalu River on the North Korean side, opposite the Chinese border city of Hekou in Monday, 23 March 2009. (AP Photo / Andy Wong)



North Korean border guards throw stones at the photographer on the banks of the Yalu River near the city of Hyesan on April 6 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)



Border guards are on the train bridge in the city of Hyesan on April 5 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)



A woman carries water from the Yalu River in the North Korean city of Hyesan on April 6 2009.
(REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)



A woman collects water from the frozen Yalu River in Hyesan. 5 April 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause (CHINA SOCIETY MILITARY POLITICS)



Boy herding geese near the North Korean town of Sinuiju on April 3rd 2009. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)



North Korean border guard threatens the photographer from the shore the Yalu River in Hyesan, North Korea 4 April 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)



Man leading an ox harnessed to a cart along the shore of the Yalu River in Hyesan on April 5 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)



A woman pushes a wheelbarrow along the banks of the River Yalu, 60 km north-east of the Chinese city of Dandong on April 3rd 2009. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)



Girl rides a bicycle across the bridge along the coastline the Yalu River with the North Korean side, opposite the Chinese town of Hekou in Monday, 23 March 2009. (AP Photo / Andy Wong)



Layouts artillery pieces of stones and branches on the banks of the Yalu River to the North Korean side, opposite the Chinese town of Hekou, on Tuesday, 24 March 2009. (AP Photo / Andy Wong)



North Korean children fight on the banks of the Yalu River in the Sunday, April 5th 2009. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)



The inscription that says "If our party orders, we will do!" In a field near the North Korean city of Hyesan April 6, 2009. A day earlier, North Korea has made a training missile launch over Japan. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)



A North Korean soldier takes aim at the photographer from the shore the Yalu River near the town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese city of Dandong on April 15 2009. (REUTERS / Stringer)



North Korean soldiers patrol the North Korean-Chinese border near Dandong on April 5 2009. (REUTERS / Nir Elias)



Girl soldiers watching from his guard post on the banks of the Yalu River in the Tuesday, March 24 2009. (AP Photo / Andy Wong)

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