China-DPRK train services boost links

Cross-border rail revival set to enhance travel, business and cultural exchange

China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea resumed international passenger train services on Thursday, restoring a key rail link suspended since 2020 and signaling the gradual revival of cross-border exchanges after the COVID-19 pandemic.

A train from the northeastern Chinese border city of Dandong, Liaoning province, departed on schedule at 10 am on Thursday bound for Pyongyang, according to China State Railway Group Co. The train arrived in Sinuiju, the DPRK's border city across the Yalu River, where its number changed before continuing to Pyongyang and arriving at 6:07 pm local time.