Images show North Korea sealing its border with China
North Korea has used the Covid-19 pandemic to seal up its northern border with China, new images from a leading human rights group show.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) describes a situation which has seen "intensifying repression", with "drastically reduced" cross-border movement and trade.
In the research, North Koreans spoke of the increasingly restrictive measures.
UN member states should "immediately address" North Korea's isolation and humanitarian crisis, HRW stresses.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reinforced a crackdown on border security in recent years, coinciding with the pandemic.
The border was only reopened a few months ago, largely to improve trade with China.
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