Only the narrow Yalu and Tumen rivers separate neighbors China and North Korea. The river banks are so close to each other that people can easily see across the border, and into each other’s lives.
All tagged Sinuiju
NORTH KOREA CHINESE STYLE
Dandong, in China’s northeast Liaoning Province is a city of rumors and spies. Locals remark “Sometimes in Dandong, you just feel what’s going on.” Dandong is the closest you can get to North Korea without actually visiting.
TRUSTED NOT TO WANDER
Situated on the Yalu River border with China, most of the inhabitants of North Korea’s city of Sinuiju are privileged to, but mostly trusted not to, wander into China. North Korean businesspeople, traders, workers, and agents continuously cross the Yalu into Dandong, a colorful and increasingly cosmopolitan Chinese city.