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With little fanfare, Pyongyang began work on a new coal-fired power plant located in the village of Samdung, Kangdong (39.002934° 126.159251°) in early 2011. However, despite some initial progress, work shuddered to a halt and the plant became one of many of North Korea's href="https://mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2020/03/abandoned-projects-of-dprk.html" target="_blank" rel="...
During the COVID pandemic, North Korea closed its borders, expelled all foreign citizens (including diplomatic staff), and engaged in the strictest national lockdown of any country. To further control the pandemic, the country would also lockdown and isolate href="https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/26/895473629/north-korea-reports-1st-suspected-c...
During the COVID pandemic, North Korea began to seal off its entire norther border with China and Russia - marking the first time the full northern border has been physically sealed in North Korea's history.
AccessDPRK has closely monitored the href="https://mynorthkorea.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-development-of-north-koreas.html" target="_blank" rel="noopen...
North Korea shares 1,369.3 km of border with China and Russia. Predominately demarcated by the Yalu and Tumen rivers, the border regions are mountainous, with the available farmland often squeezed into thin strips or even onto islands that completely flood every few years.
With a few exceptions, such as the plains around Taehongdan and Onsong, farming in this region doe...
