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After dusk, the bridge from Dandong, China, to Sinuiiju, North Korea, extends into darkness south of the Yalu. Photo: Andrew Salmon/Asia Times

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A Kimdom awaits: China and South Korea get down to business

by Andrew Salmon July 16, 2018February 18, 2020

In offices overlooking the Yalu River in Dandong, China, at a rural real estate agency just south of the inter-Korean DMZ, and among the glass and steel office towers of Seoul, anticipation – and hope – is rising of the potential dividends from warming ties with North Korea. Some are excited by the opportunities to […]