The Big Picture: Looking north

Tourists stand on the border between North and South Korea.

Tourists stand on the border between North and South Korea, 26 May 2009. North Korea is in the headlines as the UN Security Council unanimously condemned an underground nuclear test carried out in the north-west of the country.

Photo by Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images


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