North Korea has resumed trade ties with Russia
2022.12.12 11:13
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North Korea has resumed trade ties with Russia
Budrigannews.com – A U.S.-based think tank said on Monday that satellite images show goods from Russia appearing to be piling up in a North Korean railyard, about a month after trains were reported crossing the border for the first time since the pandemic began.
According to 38 North, which keeps an eye on North Korea, images from the Tumangang station from the end of November and the beginning of December show that trade between Russia and North Korea is back on track.
“The extended cargo dealing with region at Tumangang likewise demonstrates that North Korea expects an expanded volume of products contrasted with pre-Coronavirus years and could turn into a more significant accomplice later on,” the report said.
The two nations resumed train travel for the first time since 2020 at the beginning of November, carrying an unusual cargo: thirty grey thoroughbred horses. At the time, the Russian media stated that subsequent cargos would contain medicines.
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A few days later, 38 North reported seeing a train cross the border. They noted that this occurred amid reports of North Korea selling arms to Russia and the expectation that trade between the two countries would resume.
The only land connection between the nations is the 800-yard Tumangang Friendship Bridge (Korea-Russia Friendship Bridge).
Under worldwide approvals for its atomic weapons and rocket programs, North Korea has come to be almost completely subject to its neighbors, however China is by a wide margin its greatest monetary accomplice.
During the pandemic, North Korea imposed one of the strictest border lockdowns in the world and only recently permitted a small amount of land trade.
The safe railyard in Tumangang was built in 2021, about the same time that North Korea was making the Uiju Airfield on the other side of the country into a huge quarantine station for Chinese goods.
“Such a large quarantine area has not been set up in Tumangang, which suggests that the Russian border crossing is unlikely to receive as much cargo as the Chinese rail brings in, but it is another sign of North Korea’s slow opening up to the world as the COVID pandemic lessens,” the report stated. “Such a large quarantine area has not been set up in Tumangang.”
