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North Korea, China resume cross-border train trade after Covid suspension

Seoul, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea and China have resumed cross-border freight train trade, Seoul said Tuesday, ending a five-month suspension linked to Covid-19. North Korea has maintained a rigid blockade since the start of the pandemic, with even trade with China — the North’s economic lifeline — slowing to a trickle. Cross-border freight train services were suspended in late April, after China’s border town of Dandong reported Covid outbreaks, reports said at the […]