Since the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, North Korea’s government has largely sealed its border with China and imposed overbroad ... said there is not even an ant crossing the border.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. officials say an American detained after crossing the border from ... been arrested in North Korea after allegedly entering the country from China.

Train crossings had been on hold since April 29, when China suspended services with North Korea following consultations due to COVID-19 infections in its border city of Dandong. Shortly after ...

The American-led United Nations Command first announced the border crossing ... Korean officials that he had intended to go to North Korea to meet Mr. Kim. Before he entered North Korea from China ...

A North Korean defected to South Korea crossing the maritime ... after Pyongyang sealed its border and issued shoot-on-sight orders on the frontier with China to prevent the spread of Covid ...

King’s motive for crossing the border remains unclear ... department had not reached out to the North Koreans or any other governments, including China, and that the Defense Department was ...

Monday's incident was reported to be the first border incursion ... People's Republic of Korea (North). Instead, any travel requires going through a third-party state—usually China or Russia.

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

For North Koreans trying to flee their country, making it across the border to China is only ... It depicts the risks people face after crossing into China and the danger of being sent back ...

Fishing Net': Police Quotas, Surveillance Trap North Koreans in China By Ju-min ... The system, funded in the 2023 border police budget, would be installed at two crossings in the Changbai area ...