Secretive and cut off for supplies , North Korea is known as the Winter Kingdom . By land , China and North Korea are linked by 7 road crossings and 4 railway points . In recent years , N. Korean refugees have flooded into China seeking food , jobs , shelter . `` If that 's what they did , however , it was extremely foolhardy and really pushing their luck . '' Tentative reforms have been aborted and North Korea remains isolated and poor .
Secretive and cut off for supplies , North Korea is known as the Winter Kingdom . By land , China and North Korea are linked by 7 road crossings and 4 railway points . In recent years , N. Korean refugees have flooded into China seeking food , jobs , shelter . Tentative reforms have been aborted and North Korea remains isolated and poor .