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Chu took the long way around during her visit to North Korea.

The train ride from Tumangang to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, lasts a day. It was canceled because of a dispute between North Korea and South Korea.

"Fortunately we had a whole day to go out and take some pictures in the village," Chu says.

She saw scores of people living in abject poverty. Many begged for money.

"There are nearly no fat people in North Korea, everyone looks very thin," Chu says.

When she later returned to the train station, she noticed portraits of the country's former leaders and the words "long live" scattered throughout.

The next day, she boarded a train for the nation's capital.

A customs agent on board checked her tablet to make sure it wasn't GPS-enabled. The government also jams signals as a security measure.

The train chugged along, giving Chu snapshots of everyday life. This boy was collecting corn cobs beside the tracks.

Many people rode bicycles, as seen at a railway crossing en route.

Some scenes were quaint. Children took an afternoon dip in a river.

But anytime the train pulled into a station, there were painful reminders of the poor living conditions. This little boy begged for money at a station in Hamhung.

Korean People's Army soldiers rested on the tracks.