SEOUL — Eight Russian diplomats and family members — the youngest of them a three-year-old girl — have left North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley due to Pyongyang’s coronavirus restrictions.
Video posted on Russia’s foreign ministry’s verified Telegram account showed the scene as the trolley, laden with suitcases and women, was pushed across a border railway bridge by Third Secretary Vladislav Sorokin.
The group waved and cheered as they made the final approach towards their homeland, the culmination of an expedition that began with a 32-hour train trip from Pyongyang, followed by a two-hour bus ride to the border.
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