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‘Go and lay a flower’: Chinese netizens react to travel resuming in North Korea
Users have voiced hopes to join tours or explore business opportunities, though some remain skeptical of a reopening
What a return of mass Chinese tourism to North Korea could look like
Hundreds of thousands visited before the pandemic, but the DPRK’s security apparatus still holds the key
Russian businessman urges staff to learn discipline from North Korean workers
Video posted in employee chat warns DPRK workers could replace Russians, suggesting tensions over labor imports
Iran oil shock threatens North Korea from its fuel pumps to black markets
For North Korea, the pain from oil price hikes is compounded by the source of much of its fuel: black markets
Chinese passenger train crosses into North Korea for first time in 6 years
Social media footage shows a locomotive pulling seven cars into North Korea’s Sinuiju
North Korean firms set to offer wigs, sanctioned textiles to Russian market
Official records show three DPRK companies registered trademarks in Russia so far this year
Chinese video spotlights sanctioned goods inside North Korean factories
A Chinese blogger captured footage of computers, TVs and other machinery that use U.S. and Chinese parts in North Korea
China, North Korea resume train service after six-year suspension
Photos of train tickets and receipts show China, DPRK restarting routes after hiatus
Russian, North Korean firms building plastics factory in Vladivostok
Joint venture set to start production in April, despite sanctions that prohibit such cooperative entities
North Korean education officials visit Chinese school furniture factory
Visit appears to signal interest in modernizing classrooms with imports, even as DPRK pushes greater domestic production
