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. |