Dan Dong sees uncertainty after North Korea's nuclear test
- Source: The Global Times
- [01:11 May 29 2009]
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By Li Ying in Dan Dong
The museum on China's participation in the war of North Korea fighting against US aggression. Photo: Li Ying
Zhang Chao visited a museum on China’s participation in the war of North Korea fighting against US aggression on the Dragon Boat Day. In this museum in Dan Dong, a city adjacent to North Korea, he saw the historical materials, including shrapnel, tags of burnt clothes, guns and photos of the signing of the ceasefire agreement in 1953.
North Korea announced Wednesday that it will no longer stand by the truce agreement. Earlier this week , the country conducted for the second time a nuclear test and launched a short-range missile.
“It caused a complicated feeling,” 35-year-old Zhang Chao told the Global Times, “We ordinary people don’t understand much about politics, but we don’t want to see wars break out just at our door.” Zhang’s point of view is typical among many Dan Dong people.
There is a place called Yi Bu Kua (which means one step from Dan Dong to North Korea) near Yalu River. Mr. Xue, a 40-year-old businessman who did not mention his full name, told the Global Times that the uneven distribution of wealth in North Korea is pretty obvious. “But in general, the rich people I know in North Korea are few. Most of them are still struggling for food and clothes,” Xue said.
The other side of Yalu River. Photo: Li Ying