After Kim Jong Un Visits China, North Korea Sends Laborers Across Border—Sign of Cozy Relationship

North Korean workers board a bus at customs in Dandong, China's border city with North Korea, on Jan. 9, 2018. Kyodo News via Getty Images

North Korea has recently begun sending laborers to China, violating United Nations (UN) sanctions imposed against the regime.

As sanctions for North Korea’s continued testing of nuclear weapons, the UN Security Council passed Resolution No. 2375 last September, which stipulated that UN members cannot issue new labor permits to North Korean workers.