North Korea (37 pics + text) Bashny.Net

Very interesting report from the most closed country in the world.
Text is not mine.

Recently, news agencies frequently reported North Korea. The reason for this was the recent events related to the launch of a training missile toward Japan's refusal to negotiate on nuclear disarmament, as well as the threat of the resumption of its nuclear program. Media reported that North Korea's nuclear capability may be far greater 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 is still in the press continues to receive quite a few photos from that country. One way to "look behind the curtain" is photographed at the border. Recently, it has become quite popular, and there was quite a lot of curious tourists from neighboring China and South Korea. Collected here are photos, this is a look at the closed country outside




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) 81,389,395

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


North Korean border guards are resting on the banks of the Yalu River on the border with China, North Korea's 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 close to 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 the town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese city of Dandong on April 15, 2009. (REUTERS / Stringer)


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


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


Men riding bicycles along the banks 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, it forms part of the Chinese border with North Korea, overlooking the Yalu River. (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 the industrial landscape on the banks of the Yalu River seen the North Korean border patrol boat Chinese tourist boat sails 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 waving a shovel while 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 on March 23, 2009. Was once the bridge linking 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 Yalu River, 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, in which the daytime ride trucks, trains and other vehicles transporting goods. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)


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


The North Korean officer gestures as he watched his soldiers communicate with the local Chinese in the Korean-Chinese border near 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 late leader Kim Il Sung. City of Hyesan on April 5 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)


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


Girl soldiers stands guard on the banks of the Yalu River on the North Korean side, opposite the Chinese border town of Hekou in Monday, March 23 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 the city of Hyesan. 5 April 2009. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause (CHINA SOCIETY MILITARY POLITICS)


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


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


The man is 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 shore of the Yalu River, 60 km north-east of the Chinese city of Dandong on April 3rd 2009. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images)


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


Models of artillery shells from rocks and branches on the banks of the Yalu River from the North Korean side, opposite the Chinese town of Hekou, on Tuesday, March 24 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 on April 6, 2009. A day earlier, North Korea made a training missile launch over Japan. (REUTERS / Reinhard Krause)


A North Korean soldier takes aim at the photographer from the bank of 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 on Tuesday, March 24 2009. (AP Photo / Andy Wong)