DANDONG, China: Stranded North Korean workers and merchants who rely on cross-border trade see scant signs that the frontier with China will reopen soon, despite recent trips abroad by leader Kim Jong Un and the country's athletes. The bustling north-eastern Chinese city of Dandong has long offered a rare
Beijing confirmed last year that rail freight with North Korea had resumed.
He said he had pivoted to making clothing for domestic customers after trade and communications with North Korean clients dried up. Traders told AFP it had still been possible to conduct limited commerce from China to North Korea in some medical equipment and certain types of clothing.One merchant advertising wigs and fake eyelashes said he sent raw materials for processing in North Korea before reimporting finished hairpieces for sale.
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