North Korea and China ‘reopen freight train traffic’

A freight train crosses a bridge connecting China and North Korea in Dandong in north-eastern China’s Liaoning province (Park Jong-kuk/Yonhap/AP)

North Korea and China have resumed a freight train service following a five-month hiatus, South Korean officials said.

It comes as the North struggles to revive an economy battered by the pandemic, UN sanctions and other factors.