Construction progress at a new bridge being raised across the Tumen River, which separates the North Korean town of Namyang with the Chinese town of Tumen, appears to have stalled, photos recently taken at the border and satellite imagery shows.

Multiple photos taken on January 24 show a structure capable of carrying single-lane traffic crossing approximately just one-third of the river basin, with access roads on both sides of the bridge far from completion.

Construction of the bridge, which is being