Rason

Carlos Barria/Reuters The cruise would ferry tourists from Rason, which is a few hours' drive from the Chinese city of Yanji, to Mount Kumgang near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Koreas.

A North Korean Cruise 2011

Hwang said that the North had also agreed in principle with a Chinese company to build a coal-fired power plant in the so-called Rason Special Economic Zone, where like the rest of North Korea, there is little power.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

Here, about 30 miles from China, the combined towns of Rajin and Sonbong, called Rason, are central to the new push.

NYT > Home Page By EDWARD WONG 2011

Here, about 30 miles from China, the combined towns of Rajin and Sonbong, called Rason, are central to the new push.

NYT > Global Home By EDWARD WONG 2011

Nonetheless, Beijing has invested heavily on both sides of the border and has pledged to back a plan to revamp the Rason special economic zone, and to build a new one on an island near Sinuiju.

Trade Binds North Korea to China Jeremy Page 2011

The regime was also likely to freeze major projects such as China's ambitious plans to expand trade and cross-border infrastructure between its northeastern cities and newly established North Korean special economic zones in Rason and Sinuiju, they said.

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"It's OK to go over there to gamble, or to buy and sell things," said one 41-year-old Chinese businessman, who regularly visits Rason.

Trade Binds North Korea to China Jeremy Page 2011

During a five-day trip which started near the China-Russia border and ended at the South Korean border, foreign journalists saw that fields in the respective Rason and Kumgang zones were lush with crops, sometimes stretching over many acres.

North Korea readies for harvest as food aid flows in Reuters 2011

North Korea has leased China a pier at a port in Rason, and a Chinese company signed an agreement last year to invest $2 billion in more infrastructure there.

Trade Binds North Korea to China Jeremy Page 2011

One of the only apparent success stories in the earliest such zone, Rason, which was established in 1992, is a casino that attracts visitors mainly from China, where gambling is forbidden.

Trade Binds North Korea to China Jeremy Page 2011