Asia North Korea All roads and railways connecting the country with South Korea will be blocked and border defences will be reinforced, due to repeated military exercises south of the border and the presence of US nuclear weapons in South Korea
Asia North Korea Runways at Wonsan beach resort as well as Sinuiju and Samjiyonon on the border with China are being updated, according to satellite images; new angled taxiways will allow large planes to exit faster and suggest a planned commercial expansion
Asia North Korea A Chinese passenger train crossed into Sinuiju for the first time since the strict border closure of the COVID-19 pandemic; videos circulating on Chinese social media show a 6-cars convoy back the news
Asia North Korea North Korean practitioners of traditional medicine reportedly working at clinics in Russia and Central Asia are rare examples of the NK exporting skilled labor, in violation of UN sanctions
Asia North Korea Ninth Party Congress could be convened any day now, after weeks of preparation, international visits, expectations; Party Congresses have been the regime’s stage for big announcements, subtle purges and the occasional rewriting of titles