The flight was cancelled almost two hours after its scheduled arrival.
Monday was expected to see Air Koryo conduct its first commercial flight in over three years.
Journalists gathered on Monday at Beijing’s Capital Airport to await Air Koryo flight JS151 from Pyongyang, due to arrive at 9.50am. AFP was unable to contact Air Koryo’s China offices on Monday, and a journalist who visited the state-owned airline’s Beijing outpost found the glass doors locked and bolted.
Last week Pyongyang allowed a delegation of athletes to attend a taekwondo competition in Kazakhstan.
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