It’s such a mysterious country.” Close by is the Tumen river that gently cuts through all three countries. It is China’s ...
It’s such a mysterious country.” Close by is the Tumen river that gently cuts through all three countries. It is China’s gateway into the Sea of Japan, where it has territorial disputes with ...
China’s deep-seated concerns regarding the separatist movement of ethnic minority groups is seen as the key reason behind a ...
The Tumen River marks part of the boundary between North Korea and China. The Tumen, an icy river that is frozen for many months of the year, divides the hungry from the poor. Crossing it is dangerous ...
When Jang Jin-sung fled North Korea across the frozen Tumen river into China in 2004, he carried with him a small bundle of poems. These harrowing vignettes of North Korean hunger and suffering ...
Most defectors partake in a treacherous crossing of the Tumen or Yalu rivers along Korea’s Northern border with China. These attempts are made across the frozen river in winter or through the flowing ...
China, Russia, and North Korea have strengthened cooperation, which may solve the dilemmas of the Tumen River corridor and provide historical opportunities for Mongolia to access new seaports.