A woman poses for a photo with the new cross-border bridge linking China and North Korea in the background in Dandong, Liaoning Province, on October 15, 2026. A new four-lane road bridge linking China and North Korea finally opened on October 15, 12 years late, enabling the Asian giant and its isolated nuclear-armed neighbour to step up cross-border trade substantially. (Photo by Michael ZHANG / AFP via Getty Images)

A truck bearing a North Korean flag crosses the new cross-border bridge linking China and North Korea in Dandong, Liaoning Province, on October 15, 2026. A new four-lane road bridge linking China and North Korea finally opened on October 15, 12 years late, enabling the Asian giant and its isolated nuclear-armed neighbour to step up cross-border trade substantially. (Photo by Michael ZHANG / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view shows the new cross-border bridge linking China and North Korea in Dandong, Liaoning Province, on October 15, 2026. A new four-lane road bridge linking China and North Korea finally opened on October 15, 12 years late, enabling the Asian giant and its isolated nuclear-armed neighbour to step up cross-border trade substantially. (Photo by Michael ZHANG / AFP via Getty Images)

A general view shows the new cross-border bridge linking China and North Korea in Dandong, Liaoning Province, on October 15, 2026. A new four-lane road bridge linking China and North Korea finally opened on October 15, 12 years late, enabling the Asian giant and its isolated nuclear-armed neighbour to step up cross-border trade substantially. (Photo by Michael ZHANG / AFP via Getty Images)

People wait to cross a street in front of an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on October 15, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Demonstrators take part in a protest against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group in Bangkok on October 15, 2026, as the IMF Annual Meetings take place in the Thai capital. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)

Demonstrators take part in a protest against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group in Bangkok on October 15, 2026, as the IMF Annual Meetings take place in the Thai capital. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)

Commuters drive past demonstrators taking part in a protest against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group in Bangkok on October 15, 2026, as the IMF Annual Meetings take place in the Thai capital. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP via Getty Images)