Moscow has set up a working group to draw up plans for a new bridge across the Tumen River on the DPRK-Russian border, the country’s Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East said on Wednesday.

The statement followed a meeting between DPRK chairman of the state planning mission Ro Tu Chol and a Russian government economic delegation led by Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka.

The Russian group arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, returning home the following day.

“There are 23 automobile checkpoints between the DPRK and China, and not a single one