China Closes Bridge to North Korea After Cancelling China–N. Korea Flights Days Earlier

Trucks wait in the Chinese border city of Dandong, in China's northeast Liaoning Province, before crossing the Friendship Bridge to the North Korean town of Sinuiju on Sept. 5, 2017. On Nov. 24, China announced it was temporarily closing the bridge. GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images

China has closed a key bridge to North Korea days after its envoy returned from Pyongyang without meeting Kim Jong Un.

A Chinese official said the bridge from Dandong city was being closed temporarily while North Korea made repairs to the road on its side of the bridge.