Sinuiju, North Korea’s border city adjacent to Dandong, China, is an increasingly important city in the DPRK.

Once intended to be the site of a special administrative region (SAR) that would have seen U.S. dollars become the currency of choice and foreigners allowed to access visa-free, the plans quickly fell apart after one of its planners was arrested for tax evasion in China.

Yet despite that particular disaster, in recent years it has become the site of increasing signs of economic development as well as being situated adjacent to China’s infamous multi-million