BEIJING/SEOUL: An Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang landed in Beijing early on Tuesday (Aug 22) for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began in 2020, as North Korea cracks open its border to some passenger travel. The flight, JS151, arrived at 9.17am Singapore time, shortly ahead of its sch
BEIJING/SEOUL: An Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang landed in Beijing early on Tuesday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began in 2020, as North Korea cracks open its border to some passenger travel.
and last week buses carrying North Korean athletes to a taekwondo tournament in Kazakhstan crossed the border into China. Before the pandemic, Russia and China were estimated to host nearly 20,000 North Koreans each, according to a report by the Association of Asian Studies. Since the end of 2019, UN. Security Council resolutions have required that all countries deport North Korean workers.
Many foreign delegations closed their embassies in Pyongyang because they were unable to rotate staff or ship in supplies for much of the pandemic.
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