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“Spiuni” rus fotografon Korenë e Veriut

“Spiuni” rus fotografon Korenë e Veriut

Një blogger rus ka udhëtuar për qindra kilometra përgjatë kufirit mes Kinës dhe Koresë së Veriut, për të fiksuar këto pamje që vijnë brenda vendit më të izoluar në botë.

Alexander Belenkiy ka rrezikuar edhe jetën, në mënyrë që të fiksojë këto momente.

Sinister: Russian blogger Alexander Belenkiy snooped on the bleak, pariah country from immediately across the frontier in China, capturing the many watchtowers that are spread along the border

So poor: The 'spy', who travelled 300 miles along the border to capture incredible images of the secretive state, saw 'comrades' forced to do their laundry in a dirty river 

Teaching: These schoolchildren were observed helping to build a block during a physical education lesson in a chilling sign of how everyone in North Korea must work 

Icons: Even the railway stations in the secretive Communist nation carry ostentatious portraits of leaders current and past, and the bright colours are only reserved for those buildings that can be seen from the border 

Filthy: A factory belches out noxious fumes into the houses of this small village clinging to the side of hill by the border with China 

Vast: A tiny town nestles at the foot of a hulking factory where, during working hours, noxious fumes belch out over the stunning landscape 

Pose: Blogger Alexander Belenki, above, risked being shot as an enemy agent as he travelled 300 miles along the border of the secretive state

Show town: This stunningly decorated residential complex, with huge colourful murals depicting North Korean heroism, was built to show off, and a childrens' playground takes pride of place in front of the main building, bottom left 

Ruthless: The rows upon rows of identical houses show the uniformity of the Communist nation, which only allows visitors on closely monitored trips 

Bleak: Houses further away from the border clearly show signs of disrepair but are ruthlessly uniform in a sign of the straitjacket by which the secretive society is bound 

Slogan: The housing complex is in stark contrast to the poverty stricken hamlets in more remote areas of the Chinese-North Korean border 

Bright: Houses clearly visible from the border are brightly painted to suggest the villages are well maintained but further back the paint is clearly peeling 

Hard labour: Children were seen being put to work from a distance, while in the background the flags of the Communist state were flying 

False impression: The brightly painted houses closer to the border give the impression of a well maintained and almost affluent nation

Bitter: This North Korean hamlet was glimpsed from the border but would be impossible to visit from within the state, as visits are so closely supervised by the state. The stone statue in the dead centre of the village carries a bizarre resemblance to a totem pole 

Stark: In reality, the houses further away are down at heel and clearly show the residents living in greater poverty than the leadership would be prepared to admit to

Small: The pictures give a glimpse into the rural dwellings of ordinary people in North Korea, who are not normally seen because visits are carefully supervised 

Remote: This tiny remote smallholding offers a fascinating insight into the lives of North Koreans, who are forced to eke out an existence under incredibly difficult conditions

Scare tactics: As border guards saw the Russian blogger taking photographs, they apparently lit fires in the hope that the smoke would obscure the camera

Patrol: Caped and carrying a gun, these guards patrol the North Korean border as a goatherd tends to his animals in a bleak agricultural landscape

Trains: The industrial landscape has an austere beauty but shows the harshness of life under the Communist regime, and trains with signs in Cyrillic may suggest that Russia is selling fuel to North Korea in contravention of sanctions

Russian support? Railway engines from Putin's Russia are seen returning from North Korea in an image that suggests the former Soviet state may be aiding the regime in some ways 

Harsh: These incredible, rare images show the manual labour many North Koreans are still forced to undertake, with this image showing three men carrying rocks up a hill by a watchtower

Poor: North Koreans were seen using the river to wash their clothes as they are too poor to own a washing machine or do not have enough running water to clean the clothes at home 

Indoctrinated: This brightly painted building is a North Korean primary school where infants and juniors, dressed in blue uniforms, are taught loyalty to the regime

View from the border: Houses with brightly painted green rooves are seen from the Chinese border and are said to have been built to 'show off'

Border guard: With flags flying high over the border station, a guard keeps watch from the roof as Russian blogger Alexander Belenkiy  took pictures from across the border 

Rare: This bright blue truck was one of only three cars spotted by Russian 'spy' Alexander Belenkiy in three days travelling the North Korean border 

Poor: The houses are designed to show how well North Koreans are provided for but many are half finished and have plastic bags instead of glass in the windows

Fuel: Wood is bundled tightly on the back of a train in a scene that for many recalls a bygone era, but in North Korea shows the reliance on old fashioned forms of fuel 

Dictator: This image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was released yesterday and claimed to show him visiting the Kim Jong Suk silk mill in Pyongyang 

Strong but weak: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un authorised the release of this image, which claims to show him visiting a silk mill in Pyongyang but refuses to allow his people basic freedoms

 

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