Jones said of his photos: “You can put the pictures side by side but the people can’t stand side by side in real life and there’s something inherently captivating about that.”

Lee Chi-yoon, an instructor at the Mokdong shooting range in Seoul, on 25 May 2017, and Kim Su-ryon, a staff member at the Maeri shooting range in Pyongyang, on 21 February 2017.

Kim Kun-ho, 25, on his watersports boat on the Han River in Seoul on 19 August 2017, and Kim Il-soo on his tourist boat on the Taedong River in Pyongyang on 25 November 2016.

Cpl Woo on the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom, within the Demilitarised Zone, on 2 August 2017, and Lt Kim on the north side of the village on 2 June 2017.

Jenni Lim, 21, a student, at a computer lab at Yonsei University, Seoul, on 10 October 2017, and Ri Young-hwa, 19, a volunteer staff member and student, at a computer lab at the Scitech building in Pyongyang on 26 November 2016.

Kwon Ye-seul, 30, at the Caribbean Bay waterpark south of Seoul on 6 August 2018, and Ri Song-hui, 21, at the Munsu water park in Pyongyang on 22 September 2017.

Yoon Hyerim, 10, after a dance performance at Dongdaemun Design Plaza during Seoul fashion week, on 20 October 2017, and Kim Song-jong, nine, after a dance performance at a Children’s Day event in Pyongyang.

Kim Young-hoon, a lifeguard at the One Mount water park in Ilsan, on 30 September 2017, and Choe Un-hwa, a staff member at the Munsu water park in Pyongyang, on 22 September 2017.

Lim Jun-beom, 24, a student, in the Sinchon area of Seoul on 5 May 2018, and Pak Kum-ryong, 23, also a student, in a public square in Pyongyang on 22 September 2017

Hong Sung-cho, 35, with his son Hong Jinu, two, at a supermarket in Bundang, near Seoul, on 1 September 2018, and Han Gwang-rim, 34, with his daughter Su Ryon at a supermarket in Pyongyang on 4 June 2017.

An unidentified pump attendant at a petrol station near Goyang on 15 September 2017, and Kim Su-hyang, 18, at the petrol station where she works on the road between Pyongyang and Nampho on 24 July 2017.

Kim Si-eun, 49, at the Spam factory where she works in Jincheon, south of Seoul, on 28 August 2018, and Hong Kum-ju, 27, at the food factory where she works near Wonsan on 11 April 2017.

Bang Sung-hee, a tour guide, on the viewing deck of the 63 Building in Seoul on 8 September 2017, and Choi Hee-ok, also a tour guide, on the viewing deck of the Juche Tower in Pyongyang on 28 November 2016.

Retired R Adm Park Sae-hun holding a placard during a rally in Seoul demanding the redeployment of US tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea, on 12 September 2017, and Ri Kum-hui after a military parade and mass rally on Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang on 15 April 2017.

• This article was amended on 20 September 2018 to correctly identify Jenni Lim and Ri Young-hwa in their corresponding photos.