North Korea News » Sinuiju News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un crosses new China border bridge to reaffirm ties
The North Korean leader crossed a new border bridge and toured a car factory with Wang Huning, Xi Jinping’s most important ideological adviser and a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo ...
News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: China-North Korea border bridge may do little to spur trade, experts say
Sanctions and a North Korean leadership that prioritises security dim prospects for trade, analysts say.
News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: A new bridge linking China and North Korea will open more than a decade late
A new bridge linking China and North Korea is set to open on Thursday, more than a decade after the Chinese side of it was built, in the latest s ...
News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: North Korea gets closer to China and Russia with new bridges
Trucks began rolling across the 3km New Yalu River Bridge connecting the Chinese city of Dandong with Sinuiju in North Korea on Thursday, with the crossing inaugurated by a cargo truck with North ...
News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: Tale of two bridges: Why China can't bring Pyongyang to the table
The Tumen River bridge was built to bring Russia closer. The Yalu River bridge was opened under pressure. Pyongyang will keep it tightly controlled.
News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: North Korea’s “bridge to nowhere” finally goes somewhere
North Korea’s wartime friendship with Russia grabs the headlines. But China is its true patron, propping up its despotic regime. The two did $2.7bn-worth of bilateral trade in 2025, up from $2.2bn the ...
News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: North Korea's Economy Grows 3.5% for Third Straight Year, but Gains Are Largely Confined to Pyongyang
North Korea's economy expanded by an estimated 3.5% in 2025, aided by ties with Russia and China, but income and improved infrastructure remain heavily concentrated in Pyongyang.
News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: New North Korea-China bridge finally opens. But will it help Pyongyang evade sanctions?
Ultra-isolated North Korea has a new bridge to the outside world.
News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: North Korea's barbecue boom: Taste of prosperity or widening divide?
North Korea is opening upscale Korean barbecue restaurants at a remarkable pace, in what analysts see as an effort to showcase rising living standards, capture ...
News North Korea » Sinuiju » Finance: Inside the Chinese city helping sustain the hermit kingdom of North Korea
I was on a tourist boat as it passed into North Korean waters, just 100 metres from the shoreline of the hermit kingdom. The tourists around me were all asking one question.