Elijah Hurwitz Yalu Gallery / Sara Urbaez / April 12, 2018 4:40 PM
Elijah Hurwitz01Steam rises over Hyesan, North Korea, seen from Changbai, China.
Elijah Hurwitz02A woman practices tai chi in freezing temperatures near the Yalu River in Dandong, China, across from coal factories in Sinuiju, North Korea.
Elijah Hurwitz03Two of the few remaining cormorant fisherman on the Yalu River display a carp fish. The 491-mile-long river forms a natural border between North Korea and China.
Elijah Hurwitz04An old-fashioned popcorn pressure cooker explodes at a street market in Changbai County, China.
Elijah Hurwitz05Traditional Korean dresses for sale near the border in Dandong, China.
Elijah Hurwitz06Tourists take a selfie with a backdrop of North Korea and the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge on the Yalu River.
Elijah Hurwitz07A North Korean soldier cycles on an island in the Yalu River near the [Hushan Great Wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushan_Great_Wall).
Elijah Hurwitz08A father and his child ride a Yalu River tour boat that lets tourists get a closer look at North Korea. Because of current tensions, the boats are keeping further distances from the shore than usual.
Elijah Hurwitz09The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, connecting Dandong, China and Sinuiju, North Korea, is seen from a hotel window in Dandong. Much of the trade between the two countries crosses over the bridge by truck or train.
Elijah Hurwitz10A man looks through binoculars for sale at a tourist kiosk in Dandong near the Friendship Bridge, where smoke rises from an unidentified source. The bridge was bombed by the US during the Korean War and repaired.
Elijah Hurwitz11A worker uses air from a street vent to fan coals for a Korean BBQ restaurant in Dandong, China.
Elijah Hurwitz12Liu Yao Chi swims in the Yalu River towards the North Korean shore on a misty morning.
Elijah Hurwitz13A basketball hoop stands near the North Korean border in Linjiang, Jilin, China.
Elijah Hurwitz14An industrial landscape in Changbai Korean Autonomous County, northeastern China, near the North Korea border.
Elijah Hurwitz15North Korean performers sing at a hotel in Dandong, China.
Elijah Hurwitz16This boat is frozen in the Yalu River near Linjiang, China, across from a sentry tower in North Korea.
Elijah Hurwitz17Security cameras monitor the border in Dandong near the Friendship Bridge crossing. If defectors are caught in China they are deported back to North Korea under China's policy of forced repatriation.
