Photo Essay: Borderline: North Korea, by Tomas van Houtryve / VII

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Borderline: North Korea

With the same ruthless skill that it keeps its population in check and its enemies at bay, North Korea also keeps journalists in the dark. But another sketch of the country can be made from the outside, by tracing the contours of its borders. The first part of this series follows the 1400 km border between China and North Korea. Key locations include Tumen, where many defectors cross, Mount Paektu, a volcano where Kim Jong-Il was supposedly born, and Dandong, where Chinese trade trickles into North Korea.

I’m currently crowdfunding via Emphas.is to fund the second part of this series, which traces the North-South Korean border and the DMZ. You can lend your support and pre-order a copy of my book “Behind the Curtains” on the Emphas.is site at: emphas.is/web/guest/discoverprojects?projectID=459

Photographer: Tomas van Houtryve / VII
Camera: Hasselblad Xpan
Website: www.tomasvanhoutryve.com

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