The endangered golden eagle often winters in the civilian access control line of Paju and Cheorwon.
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The heavily armed DMZ separating North and South Korea has become a wildlife haven
Between North and South Korea lies the demilitarized zone (DMZ), one of the world's most heavily armed borders. The 160-mile stretch is barred with fences and landmines and is largely empty of human activity.
Passengers prepare to board an Air Koryo plane bound for Pyongyang at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Aug. 26, 2023, as North Korea recently resumed international passenger flights, marking the end of a suspension since early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)
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This country is finally reopening after Covid. But it still requires a one-week quarantine
Tombstones used as building materials in the Ami-dong village of Busan, South Korea, on August 20.
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The ‘tombstone village’ built by Korean refugees on a Japanese cemetery
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Hotel Haegumgang: The sad and surprising story of North Korea’s floating hotel
An Airbus A380-800 passenger plane of German airline Lufthansa stands parked and pulled from service at Frankfurt Airport on March 25, 2020 in Frankfurt, Germany. Lufthansa is setting aside 700 of its 763 planes due to a collapse in reservations and passenger numbers due to the worldwide effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Airports across the globe have closed, governments have imposed severe restrictions at borders and tourism has come to a halt.
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Beasts of the skies and bomb-ravaged city tours
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Unimaru: The art museum between North and South Korea where the curator wears a bulletproof vest
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The ‘floating hotel’ rusting away in North Korea
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The American couple who met on vacation in North Korea
Russian diplomats working in the Pyongyang embassy had to use a handcar as they returned home from North Korea with their family members. In a video released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday (February 25) diplomats and their family members are seen pushing a handcar and cheering as they cross the bridge which serves as a demarcation line between the two countries.
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Russian diplomats and their families leave North Korea by hand-pushed rail trolley due to Covid-19 restrictions
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Nicole Reed
Hotels of Pyongyang: New book takes readers inside North Korean capital’s colorful accommodations
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South Korea says it may be open to solo travel for its citizens to North Korea
Cubans observe the arrival of a cruise ship bringing tourists to Havana, on January 18, 2017. / AFP / ADALBERTO ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Americans can easily travel almost anywhere — except here
Kim Jong Un visits the Yangdok County Hot Spring Resort in North Korea.
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Kim Jong Un visits ‘peculiar and absolutely perfect’ North Korean spa town
A partially-obscured piece of North Korea-style propaganda reads: "Look! It's the Pyongyang Pub!"
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In a trendy Seoul neighborhood, a taste of repressive North Korea
Flight attendants are seen inside an Air Koryo jet in this file photograph.
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North Korean flag carrier Air Koryo to begin direct flights to Macao

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