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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 1 month(s) ago

The biggest border crossing between North Korea and China has been closed to tourist groups, a Chinese official said Wednesday as nuclear tensions mounted, but business travel was still allowed.
Keywords: DandongTensionstravelconsiderThe North Koreanenter
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 7 month(s) ago

Top football-boot maker Adidas probably shouldn't be worrying just yet but a rare venture that marries South Korean money with North Korean labour in the Chinese city of Dandong aims to make its mark on the world football scene.
Keywords: BootsDandongThe North KoreanbootNorth KoreansLionel Messisouth
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 13 month(s) ago
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A number of Chinese fishermen kidnapped earlier this month by unidentified North Koreans have been freed, Chinese state media said, as diplomats worked to secure the release of the remainder.
Keywords: FishermenXinhuaNorth KoreansThe North KoreanimageGunmenBoats
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 13 month(s) ago

China has allowed six North Korean refugees to leave for South Korea after they spent months holed up in Seoul's consular offices in China, news reports said Friday.
Keywords: RefugeesleaveNorth KoreansIn ChinaimagedailyDandong
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 14 month(s) ago

To get to North Korea, one can make the rare journey by taking a plane from Beijing to Pyongyang. But for those who have the opportunity, the train offers a unique glimpse of the most closed country in the world.
Keywords: Dandongimageget tomakehaveReutersServes
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 18 month(s) ago

The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il earlier this month has sparked a run on enamelled lapel pins bearing his image in the Chinese border city of Dandong, street vendors said Friday.
Keywords: Kim Jong IlimageVendorsSouvenirdingnailDandong
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 18 month(s) ago
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0836 GMT: An absence of children was noticed among the huge crowds wailing and weeping as Kim Jong-Il's funeral procession wound through the streets of Pyongyang, Patrice Novotny at AFP's Seoul bureau noted. Soldiers and adult civilians turned out in huge numbers but if the state TV footage of the three-hour event is to be believed, no children were standing out in the snow.
Keywords: Kim Jong IlDandongsnowCrowdsStreetsBelieved
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 18 month(s) ago

DANDONG, China (Reuters) - Business people at the main gateway for North Korea's trade with China turned a hopeful eye towards Kim Jong-il's son and successor, days after trade virtually ground to a halt following Kim's abrupt death.
Keywords: DandongKim Jong IlReutersmournimageOwners
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Báo Thanh Niên English 18 month(s) ago
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North Korea was in seclusion on Tuesday, a day after it announced the death of its leader Kim Jong-il, as concern mounted over what would happen next in the nation.
Keywords: Kim Jong IlDandonghappenThe DeathState Hillary Clinton
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SaiGon GP English 32 month(s) ago

SEOUL, Nov 26, 2010 (AFP) - The UN human rights envoy for North Korea warned Friday that the country is isolating itself at a time when it badly needs humanitarian aid.
Keywords: Human RightsDandongThe DprkThe UnThe PostThe Democratic People
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VietnamPlus English 34 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

The RoK’s Red Cross said on Sept. 26 that it will send 5,000 tonnes of rice and other necessities in aid to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in late October.
Keywords: The RokThe DprkThe Democratic PeoplericeDandongdepart
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SaiGon GP English 35 month(s) ago

BEIJING, Aug 22, 2010 (AFP) - More than 120,000 people have been evacuated in northeast China following serious floods that have already left four dead and forced the relocation of thousands in neighbouring North Korea.
Keywords: DandongFloodsXinhuaBeijing TimesnearIn China
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SaiGon GP English 35 month(s) ago

Swelled by torrential rains, the Yalu river that marks the Chinese-North Korean border breached its banks on both sides Saturday, inundating communities and forcing the evacuation of more than 50,000 people in China.
Keywords: DandongFloodingAffairs DepartmentCommunitiesKorean Central News AgencyIn China
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Báo Thanh Niên English 49 month(s) ago

North Korean trade with China has slumped since recent sanctions took hold, merchants said in the Chinese border town of Dandong, where 40 percent of all commerce between the two countries takes place.
Keywords: DandongNorth KoreansFriendship BridgeHuangSmuggledIn China