Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northeast China near the mouth of the Yalu River opposite North Korea.
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The Current TV crew was scheduled to go to Dandong on March 17, thus the pre-dawn departure time from Yanji.
Global Voices in English » North Korea: Two American Journalists Sentenced to Hard Labor
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Quoting unnamed sources in Seoul and Beijing, Yonhap said Kim is believed to have arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong early Monday by train and to be heading to the port city of Dalian.
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ChinaFotoPress / Zuma Press North Korean soldiers and workers carried bags of grain at Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, on Wednesday.
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Cai Bing/Xinhua/Zumapress.com A soldier said goodbye to retired comrades at the railway station in Dandong, northeast China's Liaoning province on Friday.
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A Chinese official in another border town, Dandong, said the crossing there was also open Wednesday, although not for visiting trade delegations.
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One official who oversees trade with North Korea in Dandong said the price of chrysanthemums had risen to 15 yuan around $2.35 each from the usual two yuan because of people buying funeral bouquets.
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Chinese officials said that the same measures had been enforced at other major border crossings in Huichun and Dandong.
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Nearly $100,000 worth of flour, donated by South Korean Christians, entered North Korea on Wednesday from the Chinese border city, Dandong.
S. Korean Church Council Defies Government Ban on Aid to North
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Reuters North Korean soldiers stand on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong on Tuesday.
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China has also started building a $250 million border bridge at Dandong, another frontier city.
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