North Korea’s China consulates hit with sweeping inspection, pre-dawn raids
North Korea's consulates in China were subjected to a sweeping inspection last month, with auditors conducting unannounced pre-dawn searches of staff residences on multiple...
North Korea demands identity checks on Chinese trading partners in bid to cut unofficial...
North Korea has ordered trade officials to submit detailed personal information on their Chinese business partners as part of a sweeping post-congress crackdown on...
North Korea resumes overseas labor deployment to China amid warming bilateral ties
Hundreds of North Korean workers entered China through the border city of Dandong in April 2026, in an unprecedented resumption of overseas labor deployment...
North Korea courts Chinese fishing investment while preaching self-reliance
Despite publicly championing "self-reliance," North Korea has been quietly courting Chinese investment in its fishing and aquaculture sectors, dispatching officials to China's border regions...
North Koreans in China gripped by repatriation fears as bilateral ties resume
North Koreans living in China without legal status are growing increasingly anxious as signs emerge of a broader thaw in relations between Pyongyang and...
North Korea loosens mobile restrictions as it courts Chinese investment
North Korea appears to be easing mobile phone restrictions on Chinese nationals entering the country for business, a move observers inside the country are...
North Korea-China trade grows, but new customs rules shut out small traders
China's customs authorities have sharply tightened export requirements for North Korea-bound goods since the second half of last year. The new rules are squeezing...
North Korea courts Chinese private investors for Pyongyang commercial complex
North Korea is pushing to develop a large commercial complex in Pyongyang's Hwasong district and is actively courting Chinese private investors to fund it.
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Air China’s Beijing-Pyongyang resumption stirs economic hopes inside North Korea
North Korea resumed its first direct Air China flights from Beijing in six years on March 30, and the news has spread quickly inside...
Beijing agency launches North Korea tour packages on direct Pyongyang flights
A Beijing travel agency has begun recruiting tourists for direct-flight package tours to North Korea, with two departure dates set for May, as Chinese...
