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10.06.17Waiting Game for North Korean Workers in China as Shutdown Deadline Looms
South China Morning Post
On a quiet street in the embassy district of Beijing, a neon-lit national flag forms an impressive backdrop to an almost empty North Korean restaurant as young waitresses sent from Pyongyang stand around waiting for customers.
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09.28.17China to Shut down North Korean Companies
BBC
China has told North Korean companies operating in its territory to close down as it implements United Nations sanctions against the reclusive state.
Sinica Podcast
09.22.17
North Korea Behind the Scenes
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North Korea is a mystery to nearly everyone—even those who have dedicated their lives to studying the country, including Korean experts based in Seoul, national security experts in Washington or Beijing, and a variety of foreigners who have spent...
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08.10.17Gaps in Records Cloak China’s North Korean ‘Slave Laborers’ in Mystery
South China Morning Post
It is an open secret that a significant number of North Korean laborers work in China and Russia in border cities, especially in Siberia. But owing to minimal record-keeping, little is known about the workers’ presence or activities
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12.29.16Postcard from Dandong: Politics and Pity on the Border of China and North Korea
Economist
The border between the two countries shows how drastically they have grown apart
Media
07.02.15
On the Border
Minutes after we turned off the main road and into the Tumen Economic Development Zone, we spotted a group of workers weeding along an access road.From afar, all we could make out in the gentle early morning light was that they were women in...
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01.05.15China Lodges Protest after North Korea Man ‘Kills Four’
BBC
"China's public security bureau will handle the case according to law," a ministry spokeswoman said, suggesting the suspect will be prosecuted in China rather than handed back to Pyongyang.
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07.14.11
Strangers at Home: North Koreans in the South
International Crisis Group
As the number of defectors from North Korea arriving in the South has surged in the past decade, there is a growing understanding of how difficult it would be to absorb a massive flow of refugees. South Korea is prosperous and generous, with a...