China is North Korea’s most important economic partner, diplomatic protector, and geographic neighbor, sharing a 1,400-kilometer border along the Yalu and Tumen rivers. Daily NK covers North Korea China relations across multiple dimensions — bilateral trade and smuggling, the treatment of North Korean defectors in China, Beijing’s enforcement of UN sanctions, and the strategic calculations behind China’s support for the Kim regime. Our border-region sources provide unmatched ground-level insight into one of the world’s most consequential and opaque bilateral relationships.
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China arrests dozens of North Koreans attempting to illegally enter the...
The Chinese border patrol is conducting an investigation after dozens of North Koreans were discovered illegally trying to enter China by ship, Daily NK...
Chinese police carry out surprise inspections of phones owned by defectors
An atmosphere of fear is taking hold in some regions of China as the country's police carry out random inspections of the mobile phone...
N. Korean market prices for rice continue to fall for two...
The price of rice in North Korean markets has continued to fall for two straight months. This trends appears to be due to an...
N. Korean restaurants in northeastern China refuse to serve S. Korean...
Following the start of US-South Korean military drills in early March, North Korean restaurants in Dandong, Liaoning Province, have been refusing entry to South...
N. Korean officials and workers in China ordered to collect funds...
Following a call by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to accelerate efforts to produce nuclear weapons, North Korean authorities recently ordered its trade...
Lax patrols lead to spike in smuggling across China-North Korea border
The intensity of patrols along the China-North Korea border has decreased over the past month, leading to a rise in smuggling operations bringing in...
N. Korea’s growing trade with China pushes down market prices of...
The recent expansion of North Korea’s trade with China has led to more diversity in imports compared to last year. The prices of imported...
North Korea demands Chinese factories hand over “voluntary contributions”
North Korean trading companies are openly demanding that Chinese factories employing North Korean workers provide them with "voluntary contributions" in the form of money...
N. Korean family in Rason rumored to have made soup out...
Food shortages appear to be growing more severe for people in the city of Rason, home of North Korea’s first free economic zone, Daily...
N. Korea recruits workers for foreign currency-earning activities overseas
North Korea is currently recruiting workers to engage in foreign currency-earning activities overseas, Daily NK has learned.
Provincial authorities nationwide received an order on Mar....
