![Protesters burn a North Korean flag during an anti-North Korea rally near the National Assembly in Seoul May 26, 2010. North Korea announced it was cutting all ties with South Korea in Protesters burn a North Korean flag during an anti-North Korea rally near the National Assembly in Seoul May 26, 2010. North Korea announced it was cutting all ties with South Korea in](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D189E4/protesters-burn-a-north-korean-flag-during-an-anti-north-korea-rally-near-the-national-assembly-in-seoul-may-26-2010-north-korea-announced-it-was-cutting-all-ties-with-south-korea-in-retaliation-for-seoul-imposing-sanctions-on-pyongyang-after-torpedoing-one-of-the-souths-warships-reutersjo-yong-hak-south-korea-tags-politics-military-civil-unrest-images-of-the-day-2D189E4.jpg)
Protesters burn a North Korean flag during an anti-North Korea rally near the National Assembly in Seoul May 26, 2010. North Korea announced it was cutting all ties with South Korea in
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![PYONGYANG, North Korea - Billboards display propaganda signs hailing economic projects and the military in Pyongyang on Dec. 21, 2010. (Kyodo Stock Photo - Alamy PYONGYANG, North Korea - Billboards display propaganda signs hailing economic projects and the military in Pyongyang on Dec. 21, 2010. (Kyodo Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JNTE2N/pyongyang-north-korea-billboards-display-propaganda-signs-hailing-JNTE2N.jpg)
PYONGYANG, North Korea - Billboards display propaganda signs hailing economic projects and the military in Pyongyang on Dec. 21, 2010. (Kyodo Stock Photo - Alamy
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Activists and North Korean defectors prepare to release balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets towards the north during a rally denouncing the three generations of North Korean leaders from the Kim family at
![A North Korean soldier (top) keeps watch south as two South Korean soldier stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, about A North Korean soldier (top) keeps watch south as two South Korean soldier stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, about](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1WE1D/a-north-korean-soldier-top-keeps-watch-south-as-two-south-korean-soldier-stand-guard-at-the-truce-village-of-panmunjom-in-the-demilitarised-zone-separating-the-two-koreas-in-paju-about-55-km-34-miles-north-of-seoul-may-26-2010-north-korea-announced-it-was-cutting-all-ties-with-south-korea-in-retaliation-for-seoul-imposing-sanctions-on-pyongyang-after-torpedoing-one-of-the-souths-warships-reuterslee-jae-won-south-korea-tags-military-politics-2D1WE1D.jpg)