Posted on 02/26/2021 11:52:48 AM PST by BenLurkin
Eight employees of Russia's Embassy in Pyongyang and their families spent more than 34 hours trying to leave North Korea this week, a grueling trip that ended with at least one diplomat pushing his luggage and young children on a railway trolley into Russian territory.
North Korea's borders have been effectively locked down for months as part of the Kim Jong Un regime's efforts to keep Covid-19 at bay, stranding the few diplomats operating inside Pyongyang. North Korean state-owned airline Air Koryo operates flights from Vladivostok in eastern Russia, but those flights have also been suspended for months.
The labyrinthine journey was the only way the Russian diplomats and their families could leave the country...
The Russians spent 32 hours traveling on North Korea's old, poorly maintained and notoriously slow rail system. They then rode a bus for two hours to the border, where the families needed to order a railroad trolley for their luggage and push it the rest of the way.
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Sounds like Gavin Newsom is in charge.
At least California lets you flee.
For now.
Well, they needed the exercise probably....................
about time they did some manual labour
I knew as soon as I read the title this would in the post. Excellent.
A father creating magic memories....
“Do you remember the time Pappa pushed us out of North Korea on a Railroad cart? “
Saving their lives...
“We were worried that the local Koreans might stop and eat us!”
Chinese diplomats are also fleeing. The situation must be really bad for these two communist countries, and allies, to pull their diplomats out.
Posts like yours are why we need an upvote system around here. *chuckle* ;-)
Great response. The people in my cubicle hades started asking why I was laughing so hard.
But yes, we were making magic memories.
Not due to Covid19 restrictions.
Word on the pipelines Norks are planning on some really
bad grefty provocations inbetween March/ April specifically with the timing of the military exercises and the founding/Kim il Sang’s birthday (The day of the Sun).
The Obama people have promised the CCP no fire & fury that any military response would be for dog & pony show only.
The South Koreans are freaking out rumors are swirling that Moon wants to ask current President Obama to freeze the exercises again to allow for new inter-Korean dialogue.
Last week the Norks were probing the DM yet again that defector was a border prober and Nork intelligence op.
:)
Thanks for posting this gem of a little story regarding modern totalitarian life!
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