Images show North Korea sealing its border with China - BBC News

Guard posts along a stretch of the northern border have increased from fewer than 40 to 6,500.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, There has been a major ramping up of security along the border between North Korea and China. This image shows North Korea from an area near the Chinese border city of Hunchun in 2015By Michael Sheils McNameeBBC NewsNorth Korea has used the Covid-19 pandemic to seal up its northern border with China, new images from a leading human rights group show.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) describes a situation which has seen "intensifying repression", with "drastically reduced" cross-border movement and trade.

In the research, North Koreans spoke of the increasingly restrictive measures.

UN member states should "immediately address" North Korea's isolation and humanitarian crisis, HRW stresses.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reinforced a crackdown on border security in recent years, coinciding with the pandemic.

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