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Bridge connecting China and N. Korea

Bridge connecting China and N. Korea

A truck crosses the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, linking China and North Korea, from Dandong on the Chinese side of the Yalu River on Oct. 6, 2025.

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Tightened security in Chinese border city Dandong

Tightened security in Chinese border city Dandong

Security officers stand guard on a promenade in Dandong, located on the Chinese side of the Yalu River, on Sept. 1, 2025, ahead of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visit to Beijing by train to attend a military parade on Sept. 3. The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge over the river can be seen in the background.

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Chinese border city Dandong

Chinese border city Dandong

A promenade fenced off along the Yalu River in Dandong on Sept. 1, 2025. The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge (top) links China and North Korea.

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Chinese border city Dandong

Chinese border city Dandong

A woman takes a picture on a promenade on the Chinese side of the Yalu River in Dandong on Sept. 1, 2025. On the river is the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge linking China and North Korea.

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Chinese border city Dandong

Chinese border city Dandong

A security officer (C) stands guard near the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge in Dandong on Sept. 1, 2025. The bridge links China and North Korea over the Yalu River.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in N. Korea

DANDONG, China, Aug. 14 Kyodo - Video taken from Dandong, a Chinese border city near the Yalu River, shows a freight train heading to North Korea's Sinuiju on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge on Aug. 14, 2024. Trade activities through the bridge were halted due to heavy rain in July. (Kyodo)

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Aftermath of heavy rain in N. Korea

Aftermath of heavy rain in N. Korea

Photo taken from Dandong, a Chinese border city near the Yalu River, shows a freight train arriving from the North Korean side on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge on Aug. 14, 2024. Trade activities through the bridge were halted due to heavy rain in July.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in N. Korea

Aftermath of heavy rain in N. Korea

Photo taken from Dandong, a Chinese border city near the Yalu River, shows a cargo truck heading to North Korea's Sinuiju on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge on Aug. 14, 2024. Trade activities through the bridge were halted due to heavy rain in July.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in N. Korea

Aftermath of heavy rain in N. Korea

Photo taken from Dandong, a Chinese border city near the Yalu River, shows a freight train heading to North Korea's Sinuiju on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge on Aug. 14, 2024. Trade activities through the bridge were halted due to heavy rain in July.

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China-North Korea border

China-North Korea border

Photo taken on May 31, 2023, in China's Dandong shows a freight train from North Korea running on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge. The promenade below the bridge is crowded with tourists.

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China-North Korea border

China-North Korea border

Photo taken on March 9, 2023, in China's Dandong shows a freight train bound for North Korea running on the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge.

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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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China-North Korea border

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

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

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 bridge

China-North Korea bridge

Photo taken Aug. 10, 2022, shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links China's Dandong (front) and North Korea's Sinuiju.

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Bridge connecting China and N. Korea

Bridge connecting China and N. Korea

Photo taken Dec. 20, 2021, from the Chinese city of Dandong shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge connecting with the North Korean town of Sinuiju.

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Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge

Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge

Photo taken Jan. 6, 2016, shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge connecting Dandong, China, (foreground) and Sinuiju, North Korea. The same day, North Korea announced it had successfully conducted its first hydrogen bomb test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-North Korea bridge

China-North Korea bridge

Photo taken on March 21, 2021, shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, which links China's Dandong (front) and North Korea's Sinuiju.

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N. Korea border with China

N. Korea border with China

Photo taken April 27, 2021, from the Chinese city of Dandong shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge over the Yalu River linking Dandong and North Korea's Sinuiju.

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China-North Korea bridge

China-North Korea bridge

Photo taken Dec. 18, 2020, shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge (L) that links China's Dandong (front) and North Korea's Sinuiju.

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China-North Korea border

China-North Korea border

A truck runs toward North Korea on July 16, 2020, over the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links China's Dandong and North Korea's Sinuiju.

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China-North Korea bridge

China-North Korea bridge

File photo taken Dec. 5, 2019, shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links China's Dandong and North Korea's Sinuiju. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-North Korea bridge

China-North Korea bridge

File photo taken Dec. 4, 2019, shows the illuminated Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links China's Dandong (front) and North Korea's Sinuiju. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North Korean workers in China

North Korean workers in China

North Korean female workers look out of the window as the bus carrying them crosses the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge from North Korea's Sinuiju to China's Dandong on Dec. 5, 2019. Under a U.N. sanctions resolution, countries using North Korean workers must repatriate them before Dec. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North Korean workers in China

North Korean workers in China

North Korean female workers look out of the window as the bus carrying them crosses the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge from North Korea's Sinuiju to China's Dandong on Dec. 5, 2019. Under a U.N. sanctions resolution, countries using North Korean workers must repatriate them before Dec. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North Korean workers in China

North Korean workers in China

North Korean female workers look out of the window as the bus carrying them crosses the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge from North Korea's Sinuiju to China's Dandong on Dec. 5, 2019. Under a U.N. sanctions resolution, countries using North Korean workers must repatriate them before Dec. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese border city of Dandong

Chinese border city of Dandong

Chinese women wearing traditional Korean clothes pose for photos in Dandong, Liaoning Province, China, on Feb. 22, 2019, with the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links the city and North Korea's Sinuiju in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-N. Korea border

China-N. Korea border

A man and a child walk near the illuminated Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge in Dandong, a Chinese city bordering North Korea, on Feb. 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-N. Korea border

China-N. Korea border

Photo taken Feb. 21, 2019, shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links China's Dandong (foreground) and North Korea's Sinuiju. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-N. Korea border

China-N. Korea border

A truck drives into China's Dandong after crossing the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge from North Korea's Sinuiju on Dec. 3, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-N. Korea border

China-N. Korea border

Photo taken Dec. 2, 2018, shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge that links China's Dandong (front) and North Korea's Sinuiju. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese border city with N. Korea

Chinese border city with N. Korea

Semitrailer trucks drive across the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge to Dandong, a Chinese city on the border with North Korea, on March 28, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese border city with N. Korea

Chinese border city with N. Korea

Semitrailer trucks drive across the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge to Dandong, a Chinese city on the border with North Korea, on March 28, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rumors swirl of Kim's visit to Beijing

Rumors swirl of Kim's visit to Beijing

Men chat near the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge in Dandong, a Chinese border city with North Korea, on March 27, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dandong, China's border city with N. Korea

Dandong, China's border city with N. Korea

Photo taken Jan. 8, 2018, from Dandong, a Chinese border city with North Korea, shows the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge. Many North Korean workers have returned home following Beijing's order for China-based North Korean companies to close under U.N. sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge to be repaired

Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge to be repaired

The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, seen in this photo taken from the northeastern China city of Dandong on Dec. 10, 2017, has been temporarily closed for repair work carried out by North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-North Korea bridge

China-North Korea bridge

The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge (L), seen in this photo taken in September 2017 from the northeastern China border city of Dandong, will be temporarily closed from Dec. 10 for repair work to be carried out by North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-North Korea friendship bridge

China-North Korea friendship bridge

Cargo trucks cross the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge from the northeastern China border city of Dandong into North Korea on Nov. 24, 2017. Roughly 70 percent of trade merchandise between China and N. Korea goes through Dandong, often via the friendship bridge. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese city to penalize firms that newly hire N. Korean workers

Chinese city to penalize firms that newly hire N. Korean workers

Trucks are seen driving across the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge from Dandong (L), a northeastern Chinese border city, towards North Korea's Sinuiju in this photo taken in September 2017. Dandong authorities have secretly warned local firms of fines to be slapped on businesses that newly hire North Korean workers in violation of U.N. sanctions, sources said Oct. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bridge on boarder between N. Korea, China

Bridge on boarder between N. Korea, China

A truck runs across the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, connecting North Korea's Sinuiju with China's Dandong, on July 4, 2017, the day Pyongyang claimed to have succeeded in a test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. This photo was taken from Dandong in China's Liaoning Province. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bridge on boarder between N. Korea, China

Bridge on boarder between N. Korea, China

Trucks run across the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, connecting North Korea's Sinuiju with China's Dandong, on July 4, 2017, the day Pyongyang claimed to have succeeded in a test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. This photo was taken from Dandong in China's Liaoning Province. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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