Stacks of what appear to be Chinese imports have begun accumulating at a giant North Korean quarantine zone near the border, according to NK Pro analysis of satellite imagery, after the two sides resumed overland trade last week for the first time in five months. 

NK Pro analysis of Planet Labs satellite imagery shows items covered in blue and white material started to appear on the runway of North Korea’s Uiju Airport disinfection compound between Sept. 29 and Oct. 4. Their appearance shows Pyongyang is maintaining strict COVID-19 prevention policies, nearly two months after declaring the virus “eradicated