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China prepares for restart of vehicle transport services to N. Korea

China has prepared for the resumption of regular vehicle transportation services between a border city and North Korea, which have been suspended for more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as Beijing reopened its borders and abandoned quarantine measures on Sunday. Non-regular vehicle transportation services between the border city of Hunchun in northeast China's Jilin Province and North Korea appear to have resumed late last year, with at least one truck carrying rice and shoes entering Wonjong-ri on the North Korean side via a bridge over the Tumen River, local Chinese officials said. Several dozen officials were working at an immigration facility in Hunchun on Sunday. Local authorities had also begun accepting traders' applications for cross-border transaction procedures.

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China-N. Korea border bridge

Photo taken from China's Hunchun, a Jilin Provincial city, on Jan. 8, 2023, shows a bridge over the Tumen River along the border with North Korea.

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New Year's Day in Pyongyang

North Korean citizens celebrate New Year at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2023. North Korean citizens visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to offer flowers on New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2023.

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China-North Korea border

Video taken on Dec. 22, 2022, in China's Dandong shows a freight train bound for North Korea running on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links the Chinese city and North Korea's Sinuiju. Video taken on Dec. 22, 2022, from China's Dandong shows North Korean soldiers patrolling on a riverside in the border county of Uiju.

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New Year's Day in Pyongyang

North Korean citizens celebrate New Year at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2023.

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New Year's Day in Pyongyang

North Korean citizens visit statues of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung (L) and his son and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2023.

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New Year's Day in Pyongyang

North Korean citizens visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to offer flowers on New Year's Day on Jan. 1, 2023.

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China-North Korea border

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2022, in China's Dandong shows a freight train bound for North Korea running on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links the Chinese city and North Korea's Sinuiju.

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China-North Korea border

Photo taken on Dec. 21, 2022, from China's Dandong shows snow-removing work under way on a China-North Korea border bridge over the Yalu River.

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China-North Korea border

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2022, in China's Dandong shows a freight train bound for North Korea running on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links the Chinese city and North Korea's Sinuiju.

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China-North Korea border

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2022, from China's Dandong (front) shows a freight train bound for North Korea running on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links the Chinese city and North Korea's Sinuiju.

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China-North Korea border

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2022, from China's Dandong shows North Korean soldiers patrolling on a riverside in the border county of Uiju.

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China-North Korea border

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2022, from China's Dandong shows North Korean soldiers patrolling on a riverside in the border county of Uiju.

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Pyongyang scenes

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People walk to work in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 13, 2013. The country's official Korean Central News Agency announced the same day that Jang Song Thaek, supreme leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, had been executed, labeling him "a traitor."

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Pyongyang scenes

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People walk to work in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 13, 2013. The country's official Korean Central News Agency announced the same day that Jang Song Thaek, supreme leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, had been executed, labeling him "a traitor."

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Pyongyang scenes

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women remove snow near their workplace in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 13, 2013. The country's official Korean Central News Agency announced the same day that Jang Song Thaek, supreme leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, had been executed, labeling him "a traitor."

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Pyongyang scenes

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People walk to work in front of portraits of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung (L) and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Dec. 13, 2013. The country's official Korean Central News Agency announced the same day that Jang Song Thaek, supreme leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, had been executed, labeling him "a traitor."

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Pyongyang scenes

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A signboard in Pyongyang, North Korea, praises the country's supreme leader Kim Jong Un. The country's official Korean Central News Agency announced the same day that Jang Song Thaek, Kim's uncle, had been executed, labeling him "a traitor."

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N. Korea executes leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Pyongyang in July 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) and Jang Song Thaek, Kim's uncle and then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, walking in a cemetery for soldiers who died during the Korean War. North Korea announced Dec. 13, 2013, that it had executed Jang, labeling him "a traitor."

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Kim Jong Il statue

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows the remodeled statue of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) wearing a type of jacket on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 10, 2013, compared with one with an overcoat in December 2012.

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Japan hands over its analysis on N. Korea abduction probe

BEIJING, China - Hidehisa Horinouchi (L in car), minister at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, leaves the North Korean Embassy there Dec. 25 after handing over to North Korea an analysis on documents and materials provided by the North on its investigation into the cases of 10 Japanese, whom the Japanese government maintains were abducted by Pyongyang.

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Japan hints at 'tough' step, doubts N. Korean evidence

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda suggested at a news conference at the prime minister's office on Dec. 24 the Japanese government's intention to take a ''tough step'' if North Korea fails to sincerely respond to the questions Tokyo has raised over the material evidence and information the North provided in November concerning 10 Japanese citizens recognized by Tokyo as abduction victims.

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U.S., N. Korea agree to push 6-way denuke talks

MANILA, Philippines - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (far left) and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun (right fore) walk into a room for an ASEAN Regional Forum dinner in Manila on Aug. 1. During their brief talks earlier in the day, the U.S. and North Korea agreed to implement their respective commitments made within the framework of six-party talks on the North's denuclearization and press ahead with the multilateral talks.

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Japan beat N. Korea in 4-nation round-robin soccer tournament

SHENYANG, China - Japan U-22 players celebrate their 2-1 victory over North Korea in a four-nation round-robin soccer tournament in Shenyang on Aug. 1.

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Japan beat N. Korea in 4-nation round-robin soccer tournament

SHENYANG, China - Japan U-22 midfielder Tsukasa Umesaki celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the first half of a match against North Korea in a four-nation round-robin soccer tournament in Shenyang on Aug. 1. Japan won 2-1.

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N. Korea abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, whose sister Yaeko Taguchi was abducted in 1978 aged 22, speaks at a special gathering of the family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and their supporters, in Tokyo on June 22, 2014. The relatives called for priority to be placed on the return of survivors waiting for rescue, after North Korea agreed with Japan in May to reinvestigate the fate of the abductees.

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N. Korea abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (3rd from R), the mother of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13, speaks at a special gathering of the family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and their supporters, in Tokyo on June 22, 2014. The relatives called for priority to be placed on the return of survivors waiting for rescue, after North Korea agreed with Japan in May to reinvestigate the fate of the abductees.

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Ex-basketball star Rodman visits N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Former U.S. basketball superstar Dennis Rodman speaks with reporters at Beijing airport before boarding a flight to Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2013. Rodman is visiting North Korea to train its national basketball team.

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Funeral for N. Korea's senior official

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Dec. 16, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea, shows the gravestone of Kim Kuk Thae, a member of the Political Bureau of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, and a wreath of flowers (L front) sent from the country's leader Kim Jong Un. The state funeral for Kim Kuk Thae was held the same day.

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2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center R) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (center L) visit the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum of his father and former leader Kim Jong Il and his grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, the second anniversary of the death of his father. Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae is seen at fourth from left, front row.

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Funeral for N. Korea's senior official

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A state funeral is held in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 16, 2013, for Kim Kuk Thae, a member of the Political Bureau of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

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2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, representing the country's army, delivers a speech at a memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, to mark the second anniversary of the death of the country's previous leader Kim Jong Il.

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2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A memorial service is held in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, to mark the second anniversary of the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Kyong Hui

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Kim Kyong Hui (C), the younger sister of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in a cemetery in Pyongyang for soldiers who died during the Korean War, in July 2013. Her husband, Jang Song Thaek, who had been considered the country's second-most powerful figure, was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Kim Kyong Hui

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Kim Kyong Hui, the younger sister of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, attending a gathering in Pyongyang in December 2012 to mourn for the death of her brother. Her husband, Jang Song Thaek, who had been considered the country's second-most powerful figure, was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women take part in aerobics at a sports center in Pyongyang on Dec. 15, 2013.

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N. Korea anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit the portraits of national founder Kim Il Sung (L) and former leader Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People play squash at a sports center in Pyongyang on Dec. 15, 2013.

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N. Korea anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean military personnel offer flowers at a statue of former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, the second anniversary of his death.

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N. Korea anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, to offer flowers at a statue of former leader Kim Jong Il, on the second anniversary of his death.

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N. Korea anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, to offer flowers at a statue of former leader Kim Jong Il (right statue), on the second anniversary of his death. The large wreath seen in front was offered by Kim's son and current leader Kim Jong Un.

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Abe, abduction victim's kin

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) talks with Shigeru Yokota (L) and Sakie Yokota (R), during a gathering in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013, for the return of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea. The Yokotas' daughter, Megumi, was taken to North Korea in 1977 at age 13 and has become a symbol of the abductions issue.

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Eve of 2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean woman offers flowers in front of giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader, Kim Jong Il, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2013, a day before the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il.

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Eve of 2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean military personnel salute in front of giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader, Kim Jong Il, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2013, a day before the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il.

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Eve of 2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean women offer flowers in front of giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader, Kim Jong Il, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2013, a day before the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il.

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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Choe Ryong Hae

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in Pyongyang in July 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R front) and Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae (L front) walking in a cemetery for soldiers who died during the Korean War. Jang Song Thaek (far L, back), Kim's uncle and then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also seen. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Choe Ryong Hae

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in Pyongyang in July 2013 shows North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae.

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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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N. Korea executes leader's uncle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People watch television in Pyongyang on Dec. 13, 2013, as it says North Korea announced it has executed Jang Song Thaek, supreme leader Kim Jong Un's uncle, who had been considered the country's second-most-powerful figure, labeling him "a traitor."