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Another 40km south of Samjiyon is the Amnok riverbank city of Hyesan, opposite China, worth visiting for another China/DPRK comparison that’s also a favourite for visitors to Dandong (see page 205).
2013 September 6, Joon Ho Kim, Richard Finney, “North Korea Plans Tourist, Economic Zones to Lure Foreign Cash”, in Doeun Han, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 13 March 2015:
The project is expected to see the revival of a long-stalled plan to create a special economic zone at Sinuiju, a North Korean city in North Pyeongan province directly across the Yalu River from the Chinese city of Dandong.
2015 May 3, Tong-Hyung Kim, “N. Korea arrests U.S. students for illegal entry”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 May 2015:
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that Joo was arrested on April 22 after trying to illegally enter North Korea by crossing the Amnok River from the Chinese border town of Dandong.
Positioned near the mouth of the Yalu River, Dandong is China’s largest border town, and much of North Korea’s trade with the world flows across its old bridges or through its deepwater port.