Russia and North Korea open traffic on first road bridge across their border
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- Russia and North Korea opened a 1-kilometer road bridge over the Tumen River by video link.
- Until now, their land connection consisted of the Friendship railway bridge, built across the river in 1959.
- A red Zaporozhets once owned by Yakov Novichenko led the Russian convoy crossing the new bridge.
Russia and North Korea have opened a 1-kilometer road bridge across the Tumen River, their first road crossing at the border.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and North Korean Premier Pak Thae Song inaugurated the bridge by video link, according to the Telegram channel Context.
Until now, land traffic between the two countries used only the Friendship railway bridge, which was built across the Tumen River in 1959.
The new bridge is named after Yakov Novichenko, a Red Army officer and North Korean Labor Hero who saved Kim Il Sung from death during an assassination attempt. A red Zaporozhets that belonged to Novichenko led the Russian vehicle convoy that opened traffic across the bridge.
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Originally published by 24.kg in Russian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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