Photos: North Korea in pictures

A North Korean villager walks past a paddy field near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite side to the Chinese border city of Dandong, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. In the Chinese border city of Dandong, there was no sign that North Korea was shutting down, with trucks and tourist busses crossing the Yalu River bridge and tourists aboard pleasure boats cruising along the North Korean bank. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)