Tag: dandong
Chinese travel agencies cool on North Korea tourism restart
Chinese travel agencies that spent months marketing North Korea tour packages amid warming China-North Korea ties are now urging prospective customers to wait for...
North Korea tightens grip on China trade by requiring traders to...
North Korea has tightened controls over cross-border trade with China by requiring traders to report the identities of their Chinese business partners to state...
North Korea-China trade contacts surge as officials flock to Dandong
North Korean trade officials are streaming into Chinese border cities to meet businesspeople and negotiate import deals, marking a sharp rise in North Korea-China...
Xi’s North Korea visit fuels Chinese tourism revival hopes
Chinese travel agencies began promoting North Korea tourism packages in June, capitalizing on Chinese President Xi Jinping's first visit to Pyongyang in seven years...
North Korea’s pet industry takes off as Kim Jong Un visit...
North Korea's state-linked trading companies imported dozens of pet dogs from China in 2026, in a significant and unusual expansion of the country's nascent...
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 resumes China transport links but clamps down on tourist...
North Korea resumed rail and air links with China in late March after a roughly six-year COVID-19 suspension, marking a significant development in North...
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 Korea-China trade grows, but new customs rules shut out small...
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 Korean candy finds a market in China as defectors seek...
North Korean candy and snacks are quietly finding a market in northeastern China, where defectors, longing for home, are buying them despite prices that...
