An old Japanese woman who came to North Korea with her Korean husband. She told our reporting partner in North Korea, “I am 81 years old, from Kagawa prefecture.” The only things she owned were a pot and a TV. June 2010, in South Pyongan Province. Taken by Kim Dong-cheol (ASIAPRESS)

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An old woman is gleaning a post-harvest corn field for left over kernels. October 2008, a farm in Sariwon City, North Hwanghae Province, North Hwanghae Province (ASIAPRESS)

 

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