Only the first row of shops and stores of the recently completed tax free trade area between the Chinese border city of Dandong and North Korea are currently open, with the rest of the zone set to become operational in April.

Currently, a small section at the front of the new zone seems to be open for business, with footage of the zone published late last month by euronews showing very little activity.

“Only the first line of the zone is opened … (The rest) will open this April, according to an official there,” Lee Chang-ju