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North Korea will hold an annual trade fair next week in its Rason trade zone, which borders Russia and China, a Chinese state-run newspaper reported Tuesday.
About 100 companies from Russia, China and Thailand are expected to take part in the Fifth Rason International Trade Exhibition, set for Aug. 20-23, the Yanbian Daily reported.
The newspaper is published by the Communist Party of the Yanbian prefecture, which sits on the border with North Korea. Ethnic Koreans account for about 30 percent of its population.
Rason was designated by North Korea as a free trade zone in 1991, but efforts by the North to bring life to the zone have failed amid geopolitical concerns.
North Korea has held the trade fair since 2011. (Yonhap)
