This gallery is made up of photographs from lesser-traveled border frontier areas from vantage points in China across the Tumen and Yalu Rivers from North Korea. Pictures of the largest border city Dandong and its environs can be found by clicking here. Famous Changbai Mountain straddles the border and is worthy of its own page as well, which you can access by clicking here.

Click here to see what this same building looks like from the North Korean side of the border.

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China and Russia border markers side by side at Fangchuan.

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Panorama shot from atop the Chinese pavilion at the Three Borders Area.

Russia to the left, China straight ahead to the small white concrete watch tower, and North Korea to the right.

The Chinese map below shows precise boundaries of each country in the view above. Russia (yellow) to the left, China (red) in the middle, North Korea (blue) on the right.

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Bridge over the Tumen River that forms China's northeastern border with North Korea. The North Korean city of Namyang is visible in the background.

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Closeup of some of the decrepit concrete buildings of Namyang viewed from across the river in Tumen.

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Border warning sign. China and North Korea are allies, and there are several weak attempts along the border to shield North Korea's poverty from prying camera eyes.

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