"A few of my friends who used to smuggle goods from North Korea have gotten out of the business in the last two years because it's getting dangerous and not as lucrative," said an owner of a[sic] events hall in Kuandian, about 100 km (60 miles) north of Dandong, the largest city on the border.
2017 February 22, Brenda Goh, Meng Meng, Beijing newsroom, “Clampdown on North Korean trade squeezes Chinese border towns”, in Alex Richardson, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 22 February 2017, Business News