Korea Trade Distribution (KTD) News BEIJING - The total volume of China's trade with North Korea plunged to its lowest level in October, foreign affairs experts said Tuesday, underscoring how the North Korean economy has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic. China's trade with North Korea plummeted 92 percent from a month earlier to $1.66 million in October, while its exports to the neighbor also dropped 98 percent to $253,000, the General Administration of Customs said Monday. Photo taken Nov. 13, 2020, from the Chinese border city of Dandong shows a North Korean soldier standing guard on Hwanggumpyong Island in the Yalu River. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The trade volume between China and North Korea fell to a record low since comparable data became available in 1998, the experts said. North Korea has cut off traffic to and from China and Russia since earlier this year in the wake of the spread of the virus. Pyongyang claims the virus has not made inroads into the country. B...
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