The death of Kim Jong-il has altered the peculiar form of commerce that takes place along the Tumen river, a ribbon of ice separating North Korea from China.
Across a short bridge from Namyang, in the northernmost tip of North Korea, laden coal trucks crossed into China as usual.
However, the assembled Chinese tour groups, who are normally allowed to walk to the halfway point, had to stop at the bridge’s entrance. The border guard, with no visible weapon, said, smiling sheepishly, that this was out of respect to North Koreans grieving the death of their “Dear Leader”, Kim Jong-il.
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