{"id":91045,"date":"2018-06-10T11:02:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T04:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-ultimate-in-speculation-chinese-snap-up-homes-in-city-bordering-north-korea-in-bet-kim-jong-un-will-open-country-up\/"},"modified":"2018-06-10T12:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T05:03:01","slug":"the-ultimate-in-speculation-chinese-snap-up-homes-in-city-bordering-north-korea-in-bet-kim-jong-un-will-open-country-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-ultimate-in-speculation-chinese-snap-up-homes-in-city-bordering-north-korea-in-bet-kim-jong-un-will-open-country-up\/","title":{"rendered":"The ultimate in speculation? Chinese snap up homes in city bordering North Korea in bet Kim Jong-un will open country up"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOver the weekend before the May 1 public holiday in China, the gritty, somewhat run-down northeastern city of Dandong found itself inundated with people from across the country, armed with ready cash and on the hunt for property.
\nThe reason for the sudden interest in a city not known as a residential hotspot? A perception that North Korea, just across the Yalu River from Dandong, would be opening up to the world after its leader, Kim Jong-un, met his southern counterpart Moon Jae-in at a…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…The ultimate in speculation? Chinese snap up homes in city bordering North Korea in bet Kim Jong-un will open country up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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