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posted by mrpg on Monday June 11 2018, @04:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the bulletproof-buildings dept.

Real Estate Jumps In Chinese City Bordering North Korea

[...] Occasional trains are some of the only traffic left on the China-Korea Friendship Bridge. This is the crossing point for 70 percent of goods entering North Korea from China — things like coal, fuel and household appliances — which are typically transported from Dandong, a gleaming metropolis, to drab Sinuju, the North's second-largest city.

But these are atypical times: United Nations sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear and weapons tests have reduced traffic on this bridge to a trickle. The effects are hitting the economy of this Chinese city hard as well. But in April, Dandong's hopes were suddenly lifted. A historic meeting between leaders of North and South Korea provided raised optimism here that the closed country across the river may soon open for business. The summit planned for next week between President Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has added more fuel to the anticipation. And investors from across China have flooded in to this border city of 2.4 million. [...] "I've never seen anything like this in Dandong," says [Bob] Li, as workers scurry around him. "We'd have several buyers coming in from all over China buying up apartments. To them, the homes were very cheap, so they would buy as many as possible."

[...] "The rumor around town is that if the North opens up, it'll finally build a road to the new bridge, and our city will be linked to Seoul by road," says Li. "Pyongyang would just be a stop on the way."

Also at Reuters.


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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 11 2018, @04:30AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 11 2018, @04:30AM (#691285)

    > ...and our city will be linked to Seoul by road," says Li. "Pyongyang would just be a stop on the way."

    For some reason the line above reminded me of this--
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Roadside_Attraction [wikipedia.org]

    Imagine if the novel were set in N. Korea?

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by driverless on Monday June 11 2018, @06:18AM

    by driverless (4770) on Monday June 11 2018, @06:18AM (#691300)

    And you could stop on the way to your Roadside Attraction for a Roadside Picnic [wikipedia.org].