The Tumen River (Tumangang) is the second-longest river on the Korean Peninsula. In all, it extends 520 kilometers, first flowing northeast from the slopes of Mount Paektu and then southeast through narrow gorges to the East Sea or Sea of Japan. The...

River, eastern Asia. It forms the northeastern frontier of North Korea with China and Russia. It originates on Mount Paektu, North Korea's highest mountain, and flows generally north and northeast before turning southeast to enter the Sea of Japan...

Coordinates: 42°25′47″N, 130°36′41″E The Tumen or Duman River is a 521 km-long river that serves as part of the boundary between China, North Korea, and Russia, rising in Mount Baekdu and flowing into the Sea of Japan. The river flows in...

The Tumen River Area Development Project (TRADP) is aimed at creating a multi-billion dollar trade and transport mega-complex in the Tumen River delta. TRADP promises substantial economic benefits to China, Russia and North Korea, the project's three major stakeholders. Mongolia also stands to benefit...

If a proposed duty-free shipping zone on the Tumen River goes through, the remote provinces of Posyet in Russia, Najin in North Korea, and Hunchun in China could become major commercial centers. With political differences relaxed, the major obstacle to the project is lack...

A woman who fled North Korea after living there for 43 years returned to the communist country Tuesday following nearly four years in Japan, saying she missed her children and found Japanese society unwelcoming.To Chu Ji arrived in Pyongyang and was greeted by her family,...