This photo taken on February 26, 2024 shows part of the wire mesh between the Chinese cities of Tumen and the North Korean city of Namyang, which are divided by the Tumen River as a border, as seen from the city of Tumen in the province of Jilin, northeast China. Thousands of North Koreans are thought to live illegally in China's northeastern borderlands. Beijing sporadically rounds them up, but deportations ceased while the frontier was closed during the pandemic. Pyongyang views unsanctioned border crossings as a serious crime and is believed to hand brutal punishments to transgressors. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-NKorea-rights, FOCUS by Matthew Walsh