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According to Vladivostok airport's flight timetable, the group is travelling on a Tupolev Tu-154 jet, a workhorse of Soviet aviation but has been involved in a number of crashes.
The tourists are likely the first to visit the isolated country in years, since strict lockdown procedures were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first group of Russian tourists to visit North Korea since the pandemic has arrived in its capital, Pyongyang, as the isolated country offers tours to Russians who face obstacles to travel abroad during the war in Ukraine
The tour underscores deepening cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, following a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin. | World News
Some tourists plan to go skiing and snowboarding in the secretive country