Photos| Parallel lives: opposites and echoes either side of Korea’s DMZ
Updated On Sep 19, 2018 09:59 AM IST
Seoul's President Moon Jae-in visited Pyongyang on Tuesday for his three day summit with the North's leader Kim Jong Un -- but for ordinary citizens of both countries, travel between them is banned. From farmers, factory workers and petrol attendants to tour guides, shoppers and schoolchildren, photographer Ed Jones highlights the visual similarities and differences between the two societies and their people using a series of diptych portraits.
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Portrait of Korean People’s Army (KPA) soldier Lieutenant Kim (top) on the north side of the truce village of Panmunjom, and Republic of Korea Army soldier Corporal Woo (bottom) on the south side of the truce village. Although the two soldiers at Panmunjom were standing less than 100 metres apart, but getting from one location to the other would require a journey of more than 2,000 kilometres, via China. (Ed Jones / AFP)
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Kim Su Ryon (top) at the Maeri shooting range where she works in Pyongyang, and South Korean shooting instructor Lee Chi-yoon (bottom) at the Mokdong shooting range in Seoul. Reflecting the countries’ geographical locations, the Northern portrait is always the top of the pair. (Ed Jones / AFP)
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Ri Song Hui (21, top) at the Munsu Water Park in Pyongyang, and Kwon Ye Seul (30, bottom) at the Carribean Bay water park south of Seoul. (Ed Jones / AFP)
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Han Gwang Rim (34, top) with his daughter Su Ryon at a supermarket in Pyongyang, and Hong Sung-cho (35, bottom) with his son Hong Jinu (2) at a supermarket in Bundang near Seoul. From farmers, factory workers and petrol attendants to tour guides, shoppers and schoolchildren, these photographs highlight the visual similarities and differences between the two societies and their people. (Ed Jones / AFP)
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Sailor Kim Il Soo (top) on his tourist boat on the Taedong river in Pyongyang, and Kim Kun Ho (25, bottom) on his water-sports boat on the Han river in Seoul. (Ed Jones / AFP)
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Ginseng farm manager Kim Young Guk (top) in a field outside Kaesong, and smallholding farmer Hwang In-suk (bottom) before the fence of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in his back yard on Gyodong island, west of Seoul. Photographer Ed Jones who is based out of Seoul regularly visits North, giving him a unique perspective on the two. (Ed Jones / AFP)
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Hong Kum Ju (27, top) at the food factory where she works, near North Korea’s eastern port city of Wonsan, and Kim Si-eun (49, bottom) at the Spam factory where she works in Jincheon, south of Seoul. (Ed Jones / AFP)
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Volunteer staff member and student Ri Young Hwa (19, top) in a computer lab at the Scitech building in Pyongyang, and student Jenni Lim (21, bottom) at a computer lab at Yonsei University in Seoul. Jones said that the photographs are less about technical aspects of the picture and more about access. “It’s a rough style of photography which is more about the story of the two countries,” added Jones. (Ed Jones / AFP)
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