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A North Korean soldier at the checkpoint looks to the southern side through a pair of binoculars at Panmunjom, a truce village inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, Wednesday, September 9, 1998. Wednesday is North Korea's 50th anniversary, marked by a military papade in the capital Pyongyang, but there was no celebrating events in Panmunjom's North Korean sector. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)