The country had sealed its borders since early 2020 to protect itself from COVID-19, which prevented even its own nationals from returning.
North Korea has allowed citizens stranded abroad by its strict COVID-19 curbs to return home, state media reported, as the country moves towards a full reopening after three years of pandemic isolation.
"Those returned will be put under proper medical observation at quarantine wards for a week," it added. Last month, high-level Chinese and Russian delegations visited Pyongyang for a key anniversary celebration, the first foreign dignitaries allowed to visit the country in years. "First, North Koreans have not been vaccinated," said Cho Han-bum, senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification.
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