Russia and North Korea open first cross-border road bridge
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What happened
Russia and North Korea opened their first road bridge across their shared border on Monday.
The new bridge spans the Tumen River and is situated near the existing Friendship Bridge railway crossing.
Why it matters
The completion of the road bridge establishes a new land-based transport link between the two nations, supplementing the existing railway connection.
Context
The North Korea–Russia border is Russia's shortest international border, consisting of 17 kilometres of terrestrial border and 22.1 kilometres of maritime border according to official Russian definitions.
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- Sowetanlive Russia and North Korea open first road link across shared border
- The Star New bridge to further cement ties
- Wikipedia North Korea–Russia border Background reference · Wikipedia text used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক | The Daily Ittefaq Russia opens first road bridge with North Korea