Chinese City to Expand Border Facilities With North Korea

A man points at the New Yalu River Bridge designed to connect China's Dandong New Zone and North Korea's Sinuiju, in Dandong, Liaoning province, China, on April 20, 2021. Tingshu Wang/Reuters

The Chinese city of Dandong aims to build more facilites at its border crossing with North Korea as the two countries resumed cross-border rail freight traffic, media reported, fuelling anticipation of the complete reopening of the border soon.

North Korea shut its borders in January 2020, one of the first countries to do so after cases of COVID-19 infection were reported in neighboring China, its most important trade partner.