Sightseeing on the Yalu :  Tour groups occasionally come at the riverbank in Dandong city, China. As aforementioned, North Korea and China is greatly divided by the Yalu River. They can have a peek across the river via coin-operated telescopes and tourist boats (above) on the country’s landscape and its people’s livelihood, Sputnik News reported. Also, Michael told Next Shark that their male guide was more of an “authoritative enforcer” who appeared less distant to the travelers. He only spoke in short messages.

A statue of Mao Zedong stands in Dandong, China

The personality cult is not actually isolated in North Korea. The place where you can see North Korea from afar had somehow acculturated such attitude towards their past ruler. The photo above is a statue of Mao Zedong, a revolutionary communist, at Dandong city, China. This statue somehow now stands helplessly witnessing the transition of the city to capitalism, Michal stated in his blog. This statue still accumulates different reactions around the country since it was also the era of the world’s biggest wealth gaps and rampant corruption, Financial Times stated.