(RASON, North Korea) — More than a year after construction began, the road from China to North Korea’s special economic zone in Rason is paved. Power substations are being built, railway lines are being linked to routes to Siberia, and piers at the harbor expanded. This week, an international trade fair staged at the exhibition [...]
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LONDON -- North Korea began to enrich uranium in 1998, the year after the construction of light-water nuclear reactors began in the country under a 1994 agreement with the United States, the Mainichi has learned. The U.S. government... Read Post
China has broken ground on two economic development zones in North Korea, in a tentative sign that the secretive Leninist state is warming to Chinese-style economic reforms. China's commerce ministry said on Thursday the countries w... Read Post
AP's Alexa Olesen recently travelled to North Korea's Rason special economic zone where it's said any foreigner may now enter visa-free as long as their trips are booked through an approved travel agency. [ more › ] Read Post