Tumangang-rodongjagu ( ko, 두만강로동자구) is a neighbourhood in
Sonbong,
Rason,
North Korea
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, near the
China–North Korea–Russia tripoint where the borders of the three countries converge. It is also the closest town in North Korea to the border with
Russia
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, being located across the river from the Russian settlement of
Khasan and the Chinese settlement of
Fangchuancun. The
Korea Russia Friendship Bridge connects Tumangang and Khasan and is the sole crossing point on the long
North Korea–Russia border. Trains coming from and going to Russia are handled by
Tumangang Station
Tumangang station is a railway station in Tumangang-rodongjagu, Sŏnbong, Rasŏn Special City, North Korea, on the Hongŭi Line of the Korean State Railway.Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō),
In 2008, construction w ...
.
Rason
Neighbourhoods in North Korea
Korea–Soviet Union relations
North Korea–Russia border crossings
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