North Korea: China, Russia in first post-pandemic visits

2023-07-26 13:48

North Korea has maintained a strict border closure for years in a bid to keep out the pandemic.

A Russian delegation led by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has arrived in North Korea, to be joined by a Chinese delegation later on Wednesday.

They will attend Pyongyang's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, marked typically by massive military parades.

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