SEOUL (Reuters): A group of Russian diplomats and family members used a hand-pushed rail trolley to leave North Korea this week, amid Pyongyang's strict anti-coronavirus measures, which include blocking most forms of passenger transport across the border.
A group of Russian diplomats and their families was forced to take extreme measures to get out of North Korea, topping a 32-hour train and bus journey off Thursday by pushing a self-propelled train trolley the last half-mile to the Russian border. Video of the group of eight, including some children, riding with their luggage atop the open-air train car shot around the internet. “Since the borders have been closed for more than a year and the passenger communication has been stopped, it’s been a long and difficult way to get home,” Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained in a Facebook post.
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