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  • Russian diplomats and their families leave North Korea by hand-pushed rail trolley due to Covid-19 restrictions

    02/26/2021 11:52:48 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 15 replies
    CNN ^ | Fri February 26, 2021 | Paula Hancocks
    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...