Russia and North Korea open first road bridge across their shared border

<p>Connection across Tumen River is further sign of closer ties between the two countries since start of war in Ukraine</p><p></p><p>Russia and North Korea have opened <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/28/russia-north-korea-road-bridge">the first road bridge across their shared border</a>, in the latest sign of the rapidly deepening ties between the two countries since the start of the war in Ukraine.</p><p>The one-kilometre bridge spans the Tumen River between Khasan in Russia’s far east and Tumangang in North Korea, along a remote and sparsely populated stretch of the countries’ shared border just a few miles from the coast.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/07/russia-north-korea-open-first-road-bridge-tumen-river">Continue reading...</a>