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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Sources: N. Korean laborers in China have still not returned to...
With the novel coronavirus outbreak seemingly under control, Chinese factories and businesses are gradually returning to normal operations. North Korean laborers in China, however,...
N. Korea threatens use of weapons to control border with China
North Korea’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) recently sent an official complaint to Chinese authorities criticizing their complacency in policing the Sino-North Korean border...
Fearing defections, N. Korean officials intensify surveillance of workers in China
North Korean officials overseeing workers in Chinese factories and North Korean restaurants in China are intensifying their surveillance of the workers to prevent a...
N. Korea refuses repatriation of defectors imprisoned in Dandong
North Korea's Ministry of State Security (MSS) has refused the repatriation of North Korean defectors currently imprisoned in a facility in Dandong, China, Daily...
Sick N. Korean defector turned away from hospital in China
A North Korean defector in China recently went to a local hospital after suffering from COVID-19 infection-like symptoms but was sent back home without...
N. Korea shuts down transit in and out of Sinuiju
North Korean authorities in Sinuiju have shut down transit in and out of the city presumably as part of efforts to prevent the spread...
N. Korea’s security agency executes China-based informant
A North Korean informant in China was recently recalled by the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and executed in early February, Daily NK sources...
