“There are North Korean soldiers hiding in the long grass,” says one elderly Chinese woman swimming by the bank. Facebook Twitter Pinterest People walk along the North Korean embankment of the Yalu River, near Sinuiju. In January, North Korea completed a fourth nuclear test; in February, a North Korean diplomat in Dandong drove his car into a taxi while drunk, killing two people. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A woman sells cigarettes on China’s side of the Yalu River. Within a few blocks of the railway station stand a dozen North Korean restaurants, such as the Gaoli Hotel, where North Korean waitresses dressed in pink and yellow Joseonot dresses receive guests, play the traditional Korean harp and sell Pyongyang beer.

Source: The Guardian November 14, 2016 06:56 UTC