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Amid the conflict between the United States and China, North Korea is certainly on the side of China, but high-level trade and traffic between North Korea and China has all but ceased. Correspondent Kang Seong-woong in Beijing reports on the change in relationship between North Korea and China due to Corona 19. In June last year, President Xi Jinping visited North Korea after 14 years as China’s top leader. President Xi showed that relations had returned to normal and said that he would help North Korea’s security and economy at that time. Since then, North Korea has blatantly sided with China amid the conflict between the United States and China. They accused the United States of not interfering with Hong Kong’s security laws and human rights issues in Xinjiang. However, due to Corona 19, physical and personal exchanges between North Korea and China have practically ceased. Since the January border blockade, North Korea has rarely allowed imports except for essential supplies. For this reason, exports in the first half of this year fell by 72% and imports by 66% compared to the previous year. Even high-level traffic has not occurred for more than half a year. The recent reopening of the ‘Anti-American Aid Memorial Hall’ held in Dandong, on the border between North Korea and China, was organized by the local government. Although this year is the 70th anniversary of China’s participation in the Korean War, the so-called anti-American aid, there are no signs of a high-level visit. In the special circumstances of the conflict between the United States and China, the sanctions against North Korea and Corona 19, the relationship between North Korea and China cooperates in words, but the exchanges remain paralyzed. YTN Sungwoong Kang in Beijing[[email protected]]is.
