{"id":44350,"date":"2020-04-06T08:05:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T23:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=44350"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:50:24","slug":"chinese-trucks-cross-sino-north-korean-friendship-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/chinese-trucks-cross-sino-north-korean-friendship-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese trucks cross the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trade between North Korea and China appears to be restarting following a total shutdown of the border between the two countries in late January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chinese trucks recently crossed the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge from Sinuiju to Dandong,&#8221; a China-based source told Daily NK today. &#8220;There hadn&#8217;t been many crossings for some time due to the coronavirus situation, but now this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/200402_%EC%A1%B0%EC%A4%91%EC%9A%B0%EC%9D%98%EA%B5%90%ED%8A%B8%EB%9F%AD%EB%93%A4%EC%96%B4%EC%98%A4%EB%8A%94%EB%AA%A8%EC%8A%B5-1.mp4?_=1\">video clip <\/a>sent over by the Daily NK source shows several large container trucks crossing the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge, which connects Sinuiju, border city in North Pyongan Province, and Dandong, which is in China&#8217;s Liaoning Province. The trucks are shown heading from the North Korean side of the bridge to the Chinese side.<\/p>\n<p>The drivers of the trucks have reportedly been placed in two week&#8217;s quarantine upon their arrival in China.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44351\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/200402_\ub2e8\ub3d9-\ubd09\uc120\ud654\ubd81\ud55c\uc2dd\ub2f9\uc601\uc5c5\uc900\ube44\uc2dc\uc791-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/200402_\ub2e8\ub3d9-\ubd09\uc120\ud654\ubd81\ud55c\uc2dd\ub2f9\uc601\uc5c5\uc900\ube44\uc2dc\uc791-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/200402_\ub2e8\ub3d9-\ubd09\uc120\ud654\ubd81\ud55c\uc2dd\ub2f9\uc601\uc5c5\uc900\ube44\uc2dc\uc791-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/200402_\ub2e8\ub3d9-\ubd09\uc120\ud654\ubd81\ud55c\uc2dd\ub2f9\uc601\uc5c5\uc900\ube44\uc2dc\uc791-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/200402_\ub2e8\ub3d9-\ubd09\uc120\ud654\ubd81\ud55c\uc2dd\ub2f9\uc601\uc5c5\uc900\ube44\uc2dc\uc791.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this photo taken by a Daily NK source in Dandong, North Korean restaurant workers are seen unloading supplies from a vehicle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another Daily NK source in China reported that &#8220;around 10 trucks&#8221; had crossed over the bridge since Mar. 23 and that trucks are continuing to cross the bridge from the North Korean side into China.<\/p>\n<p>North Korean restaurants in China are also reportedly moving steadily towards opening their doors.<\/p>\n<p>A Daily NK source in Dandong photographed North Korean workers at the Pongsonhwa restaurant near the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge unloading supplies from a vehicle on Apr. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Daily NK reported on Mar. 30 that North Korean authorities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/sources-n-korean-restaurants-china-slowly-reopening\/\">ordered restaurants in China<\/a> to restart operations.<\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A4%91%EC%9A%B0%EC%9D%98%EA%B5%90-%EC%B0%A8%EB%9F%89-%EC%9D%B4%EB%8F%99-%ED%8F%AC%EC%B0%A9%EB%B6%81%EC%A4%91-%EB%AC%B4%EC%97%AD-%EC%9E%AC%EA%B0%9C-%EC%9B%80%EC%A7%81%EC%9E%84\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trade between North Korea and China appears to be restarting following a total shutdown of the border between the two countries in late January. &#8220;Chinese trucks recently crossed the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge from Sinuiju to Dandong,&#8221; a China-based source told Daily NK today. &#8220;There hadn&#8217;t been many crossings for some time due to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":44280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,649],"tags":[222,735,779],"class_list":["post-44350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-china-north-korea-border","tag-border","tag-trade","tag-dandong"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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