The flight comes amid a slow reopening for one of the world's most politically and economically isolated countries
An Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang landed in Beijing early on Tuesday, August 22, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began in 2020, as North Korea cracks open its border to some passenger travel.
Cargo train and ship traffic has slowly increased over the past year, but North Korea has only just begun to allow some international passenger travel. “This flight isn’t a full resumption of the route yet, it is a special flight for Koreans only to take people home again after years being stuck overseas,” said Simon Cockerell, general manager at Beijing-based Koryo Tours. “The same as the flights that seem likely to happen soon from Vladivostok.
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