Local workers rest before the departure ceremony of a cruise ship with visitors at the port of the North...
Local workers rest before the departure ceremony of a cruise ship with visitors at the port of the North Korean special economic zone of Rason, northeast of Pyongyang August 30, 2011. Destitute North Korea's push to breathe new life into its economic relationships with China and Russia appears to be bearing fruit in the far north of the country where foreigners are busily helping to rebuild the region's creaking infrastructure. A top local official told reporters on Tuesday that China and Russia had invested heavily in the region in order to gain access to its three east coast ports in the towns of Rajin and Songbon, which are the main centres for the secretive North's Rason Special Economic Zone. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)