i robot prided dandong on the border between china and north korea wants a city of gloom now potentially on the verge of a blue. hello again look at weather conditions across southern and eastern parts of china and taiwan you see a massive cloud across more northern areas giving quite a bit of rain at the moment so some heavy downpours here further south it's looking very dry few showers maybe for hong kong draw across much of a laos and also vietnam was neuer looking at forty degrees a very hot and humid but from him are still some showers coming into coastal regions through friday not a great deal of change to yangon looks as could be quite wet at times as we head across into south asia seeing some heavy rain really popping up all over the place certainly down through the western ghats we've had more pulses of very heavy rain some by coming in with some big rainfall totals here but elsewhere lahore's had some deadly flooding in the last day or so seeing heavy rain affecting parts of bangladesh so it's really as you were at least as far as mumbai is concerned more heavy rain continuing

for relief from sanctions and much of the trade that keeps north korea going passes through here dandong going in particular across the friendship bridge with constant rail and truck traffic carrying trade both ways the china still has those sanctions in place but you do get the feeling that with the goodwill of recent months china maybe isn't imposing those sanctions as strictly as it should and here in downtown you also see other evidence of economic activity resuming such as for example some of the north korean restaurants that were closed a few months ago have now reopened what you're also seeing here is a real property boom as people see dandong potential should sanctions be lifted with some apartments here doubling in price in just a few months that we've had these summits take place this is all of course been all of the developments on the chinese side of the yalu river that is the border between china and north korea on the north korean side we've seen nothing like this development but there is a suggestion that even that might be changing in recent days at the north korean leade

be really well rooted in india and our michael spader is a business consultant who has just made dandong his base he's an intermediary helping people do business in north korea we've got a lot more interest from chambers of commerce from investment groups to look at the situation and to introduce people there's also a lot of interest on the north korean side we're receiving faxes and mails the north koreans are looking for new business partners here as well so the mood is very optimistic right now right across from his apartment is a new luxury development despite its prime location when we visited it last year property sales weren't booming now most of the apartments have apparently been sold for twice as much as the original asking price property prices have gone up and down as the korean peninsula has veered between the prospects of war and peace and right now prices are surging so much so the local government has imposed restrictions to try to cool the markets. commercial property sales are also booming eighty percent of units have already been sold in this new development that could

michael spader is a business consultant who has just made dandong his base he's an intermediary helping people do business in north korea we've got a lot more interest from chambers of commerce from investment groups to look at the situation and to introduce people there's also a lot of interest on the north korean side we're receiving faxes and mails the north koreans are looking for new business partners here as well so the mood is very optimistic right now right across from his apartment is a new luxury development despite its prime location when we visited it last year property sales weren't booming now most of the apartments have apparently been sold for twice as much as the original asking price property prices have gone up and down as the korean peninsula has veered between the prospects of war and peace and right now prices are surging so much so the local government has imposed restrictions to try to cool the markets. commercial property sales are also booming eighty percent of units have already been sold in this new development that could be home to traders from both sides of

michael spader is a business consultant who has just made dandong his base he's an intermediary helping people do business in north korea we've had a lot more interest from chambers of commerce from investment groups to look at the situation and to introduce people there's also a lot of interest on the north korean side we're receiving faxes and mails the north koreans are looking for new business partners here as well so the mood is very optimistic right now right across from his apartment is a new luxury development despite its prime location when we visited it last year property sales weren't booming now most of the apartments have apparently been sold for twice as much as the original asking price property prices have gone up and down as the korean peninsula has veered between the prospects of war and peace and right now prices are surging so much so the local government has imposed restrictions to try to cool the markets. commercial property sales are also booming eighty percent of units have already been sold in this new development that could be home to traders from both sides of