The last Covid reopening? North Korea eases its pandemic self-isolation

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North Korea’s flag carrier returned to the skies last month for the first time in more than three years, as Air Koryo resumed flights between Pyongyang and Beijing and the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok. The flights, which allowed North Korean citizens sent abroad before the pandemic to return home, came as satellite imagery showed road passenger transport across the Yalu river that separates North Korea and China had also picked up. Even Kim Jong-un himself has reportedly begun his first trip abroad since 2019, travelling to Vladivostok to meet President Vladimir Putin. They will discuss weapons sales to Moscow,...