The river forms part of North Korea's border with both of its neighbours, but a 17km (10½-mile) stretch along the Russian border is largely unnavigable for freight vessels because of a Soviet-era ...

TUMEN, CHINA — A stray dog skitters back and forth on the frozen Tumen River, oblivious to the fact that he is crossing an international border. Gravel and weeds protrude through the thin layer ...

To a casual observer, looking across the narrow Tumen River into North Korea, it’s perhaps not easy to appreciate the significance of this part of the world. This 520 kilometre river forms the border ...

Use the shallow section of the Tumen River to escape..A broker-turned-North Korean defector wanted to escape (Ask me) 12h. The North Korean defector broker revealed all the routes of defection.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Yalu River during summer was dotted with junks and small boats sailing goods to and from Korea and China. The Korea Times. National.

(LEAD) N Korea-Russia-railway SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has completed the renovation of a railway station that links the country to Russia across the Tumen River, state media reported ...

TUMEN, China — From a riverfront park where vendors hawk popcorn and cotton candy, Peter Han gazes across the Tumen River at the landscape that is North Korea and shakes his head in despair ...

First, you should know that your intrepid columnist, in 2009, visited the Tumen river itself and the exact spot where Russia-China-North Korea meet, and wrote two columns.

Why the Tumen River border could test relations between China, Russia and North Korea Using the waterway to reach the Sea of Japan, or East Sea, is a ‘dream’ for China but neighbours fear they ...

China has been trying to persuade Russia and North Korea to open a stretch of the Tumen River to Chinese cargo shipping for decades, a step that would provide direct access to the sea from the ...