Analysis North Korea eyes China border trade resumption as quarantine center clearedImagery shows movement at freight intake platforms after Kim Jong Un ordered ‘reexamination’ of COVID border policies All goods appear to have cleared quarantine at North Korea’s large-scale import disinfection complex near the Chinese border, according to NK Pro analysis of satellite imagery. The development comes as Pyongyang seeks to “reexamine” pandemic border controls, a sign that it is looking to boost trade activity ahead of a possible restart to operations at the site. North Korea built the quarantine center last year at Uiju Airport near Sinuiju and began filling it with blue and white-covered stacks of items in January, after allowing trains into the country for the first time in © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |