2023-05-11 18:08:00
Reports have emerged that North Korea will also lift the blockade of Corona 19, which has been going on for more than three years, and reopen its borders next month.
There are many signs, but both the Ministry of Unification and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China have drawn a line saying that nothing has been figured out yet.
This is Correspondent Kang Jeong-kyu in Beijing.
[기자]
Yeonmi from Pyongyang tries on clothes and chooses cosmetics.
It is an internet video that propagates the system through women, not men, and trivial daily life rather than national ambassadors.
Unlike ‘Pyongyang’s Eun-a’, which was previously active in English on YouTube, she speaks Chinese on the Chinese site.
[연미 브이로그 (지난 7일) : 이건 비단이에요. 예전엔 부자들만 비단 옷을 입을 수 있었죠.]
It is interpreted as a video aimed at Chinese tourists, who accounted for 90% of North Korea’s tourism income.
It is said that you can guess that the situation of Corona 19 quarantine in North Korea, which is a prerequisite for opening the border, has improved.
[연미 브이로그 (지난달 23일) : 올해 봄은 색다른 정취를 선사합니다. 이유는 다들 아시죠? 모두가 더 큰 기쁨과 활력으로 가득 차 있습니다.]
In fact, Chinese travel agencies are currently working hard to promote day trips to North Korea.
There is also a movement to resume overland trade, such as trucks gathering at the North Korean export warehouse in Dandong, China.
The Chinese ambassador to Pyongyang, who took office at the end of March, is also expanding his contact with the North Korean leadership by issuing credentials following quarantine.
Hong Kong media pointed to the 10th of next month, saying that the border between North Korea and China will reopen.
However, there are only rumors and no official announcement yet.
[왕원빈 / 중국 외교부 대변인 : 당신이 질문한 정황에 대해 파악된 게 없습니다. 북중 양측은 국경 관련 조약에 따라 협력을 계속할 겁니다.]
Local sources explain that even if an official notice is received today, at least one or two months of preparation time is needed before the opening of the border.
[중국 단둥 소식통 : 국경이 열린다면 북측에서 한 달 반 전에 통지를 할 겁니다. ‘임시 통행증’이란 걸 등록하는 데만 한 달이 걸려요.]
If North Korea lifts its border blockade, it is said that it is hesitating because the issue of repatriation of overseas workers, which is the main source of funding for the regime under UN sanctions, may come to the fore once more.
This is YTN Jungkyu Kang from Beijing.
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