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April 10, 20131Inside North KoreaOn the banks of North Korea (Borders China and North Korea )North Korean pageantry

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North Korean soldiers attend military training in an undisclosed location in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency on March 19, 2013. REUTERS/KCNAA dancer dressed as a soldier takes part in a gala show in Pyongyang, April 16, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 20132Inside North KoreaClick to continue

A woman in traditional Korean costume watches as a student leaves a swimming pool of Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipNorth Korean soldiers with weapons attend military training in an undisclosed location in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency on March 11, 2013.REUTERS/KCNAApril 10, 20133Click to continue

North Koreans are seen at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, to mark the Lunar New Year, February 10, 2013. REUTERS/KyodoA car drives past residential buildings in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 20134Click to continue

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waves while in a boat during his visit to the Wolnae Islet Defence Detachment in the western sector of the front line, which is near Baengnyeong Island of South Korea, March 11, 2013. REUTERS/KCNAA video grab from KCNA shows the Unha-3 rocket launching at the North Korea's West Sea Satellite Launch Site, at the satellite control center in Cholsan county, North Pyongan province, December 13, 2012. REUTERS/KCNAApril 10, 20135Click to continue

Soldiers walk into a subway in front of a coloum of North Korean flags in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipSoldiers stand in front of the podium with portraits of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung and the late leader Kim Jong-il after a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, April 15, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 20136Click to continue

Members of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards, the civilian forces of North Korea, train in an undisclosed location, August 20, 2012. REUTERS/KCNAThe banner at background reads "Let us defend the Party Central Committee headed by the respected comrade Kim Jong-un, at the cost of our lives!" REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 20137Click to continue

Smoke billow from a plant near a residential district in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipDancers perform in front of a fireworks display during a gala show in Pyongyang, April 16, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 20138Click to continue

Soldiers march past the podium during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, April 15, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipWorkers prepare the plot at Daedonggang Fruit Farm, with 309 acres of apple trees, on the outskirts of Pyongyang, April 10, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 20139

A worker operates a production line at a factory making fruit juice near the Daedonggang Fruit Farm, on the outskirts of Pyongyang, April 10, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipMosaic portraits of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung (L) and late leader Kim Jong-il are displayed in front of lit up buildings in Pyongyang April 16, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201310

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and his wife Ri Sol-Ju attend the opening ceremony of the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground on Rungna Islet along the Taedong River in Pyongyang, July 25, 2012. REUTERS/KCNAA portrait of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, decorating a building in the capital Pyongyang, October 5, 2011. REUTERS/Damir SagoljApril 10, 201311

Soldiers applaud North Korea leader Kim Jong-un during a ceremony at a stadium in Pyongyang, April 14, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipNorth Koreans sit in front of the podium with portraits of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung and the late leader Kim Jong-il after a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, April 15, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201312

Members of the newly formed Moranbong band perform during a demonstration performance in Pyongyang, July 9, 2012. REUTERS/KCNAFighter jets fly past during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang April 15, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201313

A soldier stands guard in front of the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket sitting on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, during a guided media tour by North Korean authorities in the northwest of Pyongyang, April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipWomen work in the Kim Jong-suk Pyongyang Silk Mill in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012.April 10, 201314

A policeman salutes at a junction featuring a portrait of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipA guide speaks to a group of North Korean visitors at Mangyongdae, the birthplace of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201315

North Korean guests attend the opening show of the April Spring Friendship Art Festival at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipA waitress at a restaurant watches a state media television broadcast of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attending a party meeting in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201316

A conductor displays flag signals to a passing-by train outside a station featuring a portrait of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung northwest of Pyongyang, April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

People walk past a government building featuring a portrait of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung and a North Korean flag in Pyongyang April 13, 2012, two days before the centenary of the birth of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung on Sunday. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201317

Books on North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung are displayed inside the People's Cultural Palace, where the World Congress on the Juche Idea is held in Pyongyang, April 12, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipUniversity students slide into a swimming pool at Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201318

North Korean soldiers and residents run to greet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (not pictured) as he arrives to visit a military unit on an island southwest of Pyongyang, August 19, 2012. REUTERS/KCNAA group of North Korean visitors listen to a guide at Mangyongdae, the birthplace of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung, in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201319

North Korean flags flutter as decorations in the capital is underway four days before the centenary of the birth of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung, in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipDelegates take part in the World Congress on the Juche Idea attended by President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea Kim Yong-nam and representatives from other countries inside the People's Cultural Palace in Pyongyang, April 12, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201320

Villagers travel in a truck in a field northwest of Pyongyang, April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipSmoke rises from a plant at dawn in downtown Pyongyang, April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (NORTHApril 10, 201321

A North Korean woman wipes her tears during the unveiling ceremony of bronze statues of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung and late leader Kim Jong-il attened by tens of thousands of people in Pyongyang, April 13, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipLunch is prepared for visitors on a train heading to the launching site of Unha03 in between fields northwest of Pyongyang, April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201322

Schoolgirls leave a square after the inauguration of a mosaic portrait of the late leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipA foreign visitor stands underneath a group of North Korean military officers before a gala show in Pyongyang, April 16, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201323

Students study in a library at Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang, April 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipThe 170-metre-high Tower of the Juche Idea, named after the principle of Juche, developed by North Korea founder Kim Il-sung, is lit up in Pyongyang April 15, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201324

A resident waits to cross a street in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipLocal visitors walk to Mangyongdae, the birthplace of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung, in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby YipApril 10, 201325

April 10, 201326North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presides over an urgent operation meeting on the Korean People's Army Strategic Rocket Force's performance of duty for firepower strike at the Supreme Command in Pyongyang, March 29, 2013.

A North Korean soldier kicks a goat on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, July 5, 2009.REUTERS/Jacky ChenNorth Korean soldiers joke while guarding the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong April 5, 2010.REUTERS/Jacky ChenOn the banks of North Korea(Borders China and North Korea)April 10, 201327

A soldier stands guard at a sentry post, at the banks of Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, March 30, 2013.REUTERS/Jacky ChenNorth Korean soldiers sit in a car parked on the banks of Yalu River in the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, December 15, 2012.REUTERS/Jacky ChenApril 10, 201328

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A North Korean soldier looks out with binoculars at a outpost along the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, March 29, 2013.REUTERS/Jacky ChenChildren throw stones into Yalu River, at the river banks, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, March 30, 2013.REUTERS/Jacky ChenApril 10, 201329

North Korean soldiers carry a TV set on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, December 19, 2011.REUTERS/Jacky ChenA North Korean soldier stands guard on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong December 28, 2011.REUTERS/Jacky ChenApril 10, 201330

A North Korean soldier uses a pair of binoculars to monitor a Chinese tourist boat on the bank of Hwanggumpyong island located in the middle of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju and the Chinese border city of Dandong, April 30, 2012.REUTERS/Jacky ChenA North Korean soldier waves to a Chinese tourist boat on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, January 7, 2011.REUTERS/StringerApril 10, 201331

A North Korean soldier gestures toward a Chinese tourist boat after monitoring with a pair of binoculars on the bank of Hwanggumpyong island located in the middle of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju and the Chinese border city of Dandong, April 30, 2012.REUTERS/Jacky ChenA North Korean soldier looks into an entrance of a military base on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, March 1, 2012.REUTERS/Jacky ChenApril 10, 201332

Children chat as they sit on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 23, 2011.REUTERS/Jacky ChenA North Korean soldier works on the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong November 24, 2010.REUTERS/StringerApril 10, 201333

North Koreans work on the roof of a house along the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, November 23, 2010.REUTERS/StringerA female North Korean soldier stands guard on the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, November 23, 2010.REUTERS/StringerApril 10, 201334

North Koreans fish on the bank of the River Taedong during an event held by the Central Committee of the Federation for the Care of the Elderly of Korea on the occasion of the 20th International Day of Old Persons in Pyongyang, October 1, 2010 in this picture released by the North Korea's KCNA news agency.REUTERS/KCNANorth Koreans talk to each other on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, August 26, 2010.REUTERS/StringerApril 10, 201335

North Korean soldiers unload foodstuffs on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, March 27, 2010.REUTERS/Jacky ChenA North Korean gets a shave on the bank of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju August 5, 2009.REUTERS/Jacky ChenApril 10, 201336

North Korean soldiers react to being photographed while exercising at an army installation on the banks of the Yalu River at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, October 10, 2006.REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseNorth Korean men sit on a boat at the bank of the Yalu River at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, October 14, 2006.REUTERS/Adam DeanApril 10, 201337

North Korean soldiers guard the bank of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, July 3, 2009.REUTERS/Jacky ChenA female North Korean soldier looks out from behind a tree as she patrols the border fence along the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Qing Cheng, north of the Chinese border city of Dandong September 12, 2008.REUTERS/David GrayApril 10, 201338

North Korean soldiers play volleyball on the bank of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, June 13, 2009.REUTERS/Jacky ChenNorth Koreans stand on the bank of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border town of Dandong, October 19, 2006.REUTERS/StringerApril 10, 201339

North Koreans watch from the banks of the Yalu River at the North Korean town of Sinuiju as a Chinese tour boat passes by October 10, 2006.REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseA North Korean soldier guards an army installation on the banks of the Yalu River at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, October 10, 2006.REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseApril 10, 201340

North Koreans wash their laundry as others skate on the ice at the Yalu river at the border to China near the North Korean city of Hyesan November 30, 2008.REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseApril 10, 201341

North Korean children wave to people on a Chinese tourist boat on the banks of Yalu River near the Chongsong county of North Korea, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 8, 2011.REUTERS/Jacky ChenA North Korean soldier exercises near an army installation on the bank of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border town of Dandong, October 19, 2006.REUTERS/Nir EliasApril 10, 201342

A North Korean soldier plays a guitar on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, April 15, 2009.REUTERS/StringerNorth Korean women hold umbrellas near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong March 31, 2010.REUTERS/Jacky ChenApril 10, 201343

A North Korean railway worker stands in front of his house near the North Korean city of Hyesan, which borders China's Changbai county, October 24, 2009.REUTERS/Jacky ChenA North Korean man comes down a ladder in front of a disused factory along the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Qing Cheng, north of the Chinese border city of Dandong September 12, 2008.REUTERS/David GrayApril 10, 201344

North Korean border guards joke around while on duty at the Yalu river at the border to China near the North Korean city of Hyesan November 30, 2008.REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseA North Korean soldier reads at an army installation on the banks of the Yalu River at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, October 10, 2006.REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseApril 10, 201345

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A North Korean soldier washes his socks as his comrade washes his hands at the banks of Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, April 8, 2013. Unprecedented Chinese criticism of North Korea is unlikely to mean tough new action against Pyongyang because if China pushes too hard and its troublesome neighbour collapses, the result would be disastrous for Beijing.REUTERS/Jacky Chen

A North Korean soldier throws a stone at the photographer from the bank of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border town of Dandong October 21, 2006.REUTERS/Nir EliasA North Korean soldier points his rifle at a photographer, at the bank of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border town of Dandong October 23, 2006.REUTERS/Nir EliasApril 10, 201347

A North Korean boy checks fish in a net as he stands beside the Yalu River near the North Korean county of Chongsong opposite the Chinese border town of Hekou, northeastern China's Liaoning province, May 29, 2009.REUTERS/Jason LeeA North Korean woman and soldiers look at a Chinese tour boat from the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 28, 2009.REUTERS/Jason LeeApril 10, 201348

A North Korean boy skates on the ice of the Yalu River at the border to China near the North Korean city of Hyesan December 1, 2008.REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseA woman carrying a baby on her back rides on a motorbike with a North Korean soldier along the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Qing Cheng, located around 50km (31 miles) north of the Chinese border city of Dandong, September 12, 2008.REUTERS/David GrayApril 10, 201349

A North Korean soldier holds a badminton racket on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 20, 2011.REUTERS/Jacky ChenA North Korean soldier guards the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, December 8, 2009.REUTERS/Jacky ChenApril 10, 201350

North Koreans attend a rally held to gather their willingness for a victory in a possible war against the United States and South Korea in Nampo, North Korea, April 3, 2013.REUTERS/KCNANorth Koreans take pictures with their mobile phones as they watch fireworks to bring in the new year in Pyongyang, January 1, 2013.REUTERS/KyodoApril 10, 201351North Korean pageantry

North Koreans perform a synchronized swimming program titled "We protect North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-un at the risk of our own life" during a festival to mark the birth anniversary of the North's late leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang, February 15, 2012.REUTERS/KyodoNorth Koreans form an image of former North Korean leader Kim Il-sung during the country's Arirang Mass Games while South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun watches at the May Day stadium in Pyongyang, October 3, 2007. The slogan reads, "Eternal Sun Arirang".REUTERS/Korea PoolApril 10, 201352

North Korean soldiers attend festivities to congratulate North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on his re-election as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the Jeonseung (Victory) Plaza in central Pyongyang, September 29, 2010. Slogans read "Hurray for the revolutionary ideology of the great leader comrade Kim Il-sung !" ( bottom L) and "Hurray for the great leader comrade Kim Jong-il !" (bottom R).REUTERS/KCNANorth Koreans participate in a parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, October 10, 2010.REUTERS/KyodoApril 10, 201353

North Korean schoolchildren perform during Seolnal, the Korean lunar new year's day, in Pyongyang, January 23, 2012.REUTERS/KCNANorth Koreans participate in a mass rally to celebrate "successful launch of satellite" in Pyongyang, April 8, 2009.REUTERS/KCNAApril 10, 201354

Kim Jong-un, youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, is displayed on a screen during a performance to celebrate the birthday of Kim Jong-il, which falls on February 16, in Pyongyang, February 14, 2011.REUTERS/KyodoNorth Koreans attend a mass rally to "carry out the decision of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the joint calls of the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the WPK and the militant tasks set forth in the joint New Year editorial" at Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang, January 3, 2012.REUTERS/KCNAApril 10, 201355

North Korean children from the Pyongyang Children's Art Group sing during a performance to mark the 60th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between China and North Korean at an art centre in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, July 19, 2009.REUTERS/StringerThe State Merited Chorus of North Korea play a performance titled "North Korea does what it is determined to do" for the deputies to the 7th session of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly of the North, at the People's Theatre in Pyongyang, April 1, 2013.REUTERS/KCNAApril 10, 201356

Dancers perform under the portraits of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung and the late leader Kim Jong-il during a gala show in Pyongyang, April 16, 2012.REUTERS/Bobby YipNorth Koreans attend a mass rally at Kim Il-sung square in Pyongyang, January 3, 2012. The banner reads, "Great leader, comrade Kim Il-sung, hurrah for revolutionary beliefs".REUTERS/KyodoApril 10, 201357

Performers sing during a show to commemorate the 65th anniversary of founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, October 11, 2010.REUTERS/Petar KujundzicNorth Koreans applaud in front of portraits of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung and late leader Kim Jong-il as they gather at a rally to celebrate the successful launch of the Unha-3 rocket, which carried the second version of the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite, in Pyongyang, December 14, 2012.REUTERS/KyodoApril 10, 201358

North Koreans dance to celebrate their country's rocket lauch in Pyongyang, December 12, 2012.REUTERS/KyodoNorth Koreans perform during the grand gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang", winner of Kim Il Sung Prize, at the May Day Stadium on Rungna island in Pyongyang, August 1, 2012.REUTERS/KCNAApril 10, 201359

Thousands of residents applaud at a square during the inauguration of a mosaic portrait of Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. The banner reads, "Let us complete the Juche revolutionary cause under the leadership of the respected comrade Kim Jung-un!"REUTERS/Bobby YipNorth Korean people and students dance at a ball held to congratulate North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on his re-election as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea in the Arch of Triumph in central Pyongyang, September 28, 2010.REUTERS/KCNAApril 10, 201360

North Koreans attend a meeting held to commemorate the 65th anniversary of founding of the Workers' Party of Korea at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, October 9, 2010. The characters read,"Central Report Meeting to congratulate the 65th anniversary of founding of the Workers' Party of Korea".REUTERS/KCNANorth Koreans perform during Grand gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang", winner of Kim Il Sung Prize, at the May Day Stadium to commemorate the 65th anniversary of founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, October 9, 2010. The characters read,"Hurray for the Workers' Party of Korea which is an organiser of North Korean people's all victory and leader!".REUTERS/KCNAApril 10, 201361pps: chieuquetoi, bachkien, vinhbinhTHE ENDsource : www.reuters.comInside North KoreaOn the banks of North Korea (Borders China and North Korea )North Korean pageantry