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New China-North Korea bridge opens after more than a decade of delay
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BEIJING (AP) — A new bridge linking China and North Korea opened Thursday after more than a decade of delay, signaling deeper ties between the two countries. China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported that a ceremony for the launch of the New Yalu River Bridge was held in the morning.
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New bridge linking China and North Korea will open more than a decade late
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New China-North Korea bridge opens after more than a decade of delay
A new bridge linking China and North Korea is set to open more than a decade after the Chinese side of it was built, in the latest sign of closer ties between the two countries
North Korea has opened two major bridges connecting it to key trading partners in the last month, with the latest — a bridge link to China — inaugurated Thursday after a more than decade-long delay.
BEIJING (AP) — A new bridge linking China and North Korea opened Thursday after more than a decade of delay, signaling deeper ties between the two countries. China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported that a ceremony for the launch of the New Yalu River Bridge was held in the morning.
By Gage Goulding, Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — Ultra-isolated North Korea has a new bridge to the outside world. It’s a four-lane highway leading to close ally and main trade partner China, and its opening on Thursday marks the latest rapprochement with Beijing.
Twelve years after it was constructed, the New Yalu River Bridge between China and North Korea is finally operational. It is the latest sign of warming ties between the two nations.
China and North Korea formally opened the Yalu River Bridge on Thursday, connecting Dandong in China with Sinuiju in North Korea. Beijing says the bridge will promote economic and trade cooperation.
Chinese state media triumphantly announced the opening of the New Yalu River Bridge connecting Dandong, China, and Sinuiju, North Korea on Thursday — a project believed to have been completed in 2014 but stalled by the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic and its diplomatic strain on bilateral ties.
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