South Korea Seoul News quoted to the sources in the DPRK, at 7:43 am on the 26th, 12 trains carrying medicines and daily necessities from Dandong entered the new Yoshin, North Korea.EssenceRecently, the epidemic situation in Dandong and North Korea has improved, and railway freight is returning to normal. It is expected that the train will run one or two shifts a day.
North Korea and China have restored the freight railway from Xinyizhou to Dandong Port from Monday (September 26).This is a reappearance of 150 days after the suspension of the crown disease epidemic on April 29 this year due to the suspension of the crown disease.The analysis pointed out that after the North Korean food crisis intensified, North Korean leader Kim Jong -un shifted the policy tone from epidemic prevention to economy, which may be the reason for the restarted railway freight in China and North Korea.
South Korea's Seoul News quoted sources in the North Korea reported that at 7:43 am on the 26th, 12 trains equipped with medical products and necessities from Dandong drove into Xinyi Prefecture, North Korea from Dandong.Recently, the epidemic situation in Dandong and North Korea has improved, and railway freight is returning to normal. It is expected that the train will run one or two shifts a day.
Yonhap News Agency also reported that at 7.43 am on the 27th, a freight train departed from Dandong and drove to Xinyizhou, North Korea through the Yingyi Bridge of the Yalu River.Day) Same.It is worth noting that the compartment used by the train for cargo increased from 12 knots the day before to 20 knots.
The Global Times quoted a source that a source reported that after the restarted freight of the China -DPRK railway, it first transported the urgently required materials such as pharmaceutical products and daily necessities to North Korea.EssenceIt is speculated that the North Korean Labor Party's Foundation (October 10) is coming, which may be included in the gift issued by the party's festival.
Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, confirmed on the 26th that China and North Korea had recently decided to restart the freight of Dandong -Xinyizhou Port Railway through friendly negotiation.The two parties will continue to strengthen coordination and cooperation, actively ensure the safe and stable operation of railway freight freight, and contribute to the development of friendly relations between China and North Korea.
It is understood that the North Korean Railway Freight was temporarily closed for a while in January 2020 and April this year.During this period of time, the restrictions between China and North Korea have caused the trade volume between the two countries to greatly decrease.In August 2022, the trade volume of North Korea and China was $ 90.32 million, which was less than one -fifth of the level of August 2016 (US $ 628.29 million) in August 2016 (US $ 628.29 million).Analysis believes that this is the impact of the suspension of cargo trains in the DPRK.
border blockade exacerbates the serious shortage of North Korean food
A person from the DPRK said that there are many Chinese products in North Korea's market, but because of the border blockade, the market cannot operate, and the livelihood of residents has become difficult. At present, North Korea's food shortage is very serious.
Kim Jong -un emphasized in the governance speech on September 8 that the priority is to solve the problem of eating and consumer goods.
A recent report released by the US government predicts that North Korea will lack 1.21 million tons of food this year.This means that seven of North Korea will face the problem of lack of food.
After the outbreak of the epidemic in China, North Korea blocked the border, and it was suspended from August 2020 by the Chinese freight train, and restarted on January 16 this year.After that, the epidemic spread again, Dandong was fully closed, and the cargo series stopped the shipping again on April 29.Although Dandong has not added new cases for 70 days since July 18, North Korea has announced the epidemic in the country in May, so freight has not been restarted.North Korea, which relies on maritime trade alone, has caused the lack of supplies to announce the end of the domestic epidemic on August 10, and requests China to restart railway transportation.
