North Korea resumes international passenger flights after COVID hiatus

North Korea resumed international passenger flights on Tuesday, with a morning plane from Pyongyang arriving in Beijing and a return flight later departing for the North Korean capital, marking the end of a suspension since early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Over 100 people boarded the return flight to the capital operated by North Korea's state-run carrier, Air Koryo. Many North Korean nationals were stranded in China after Pyongyang shut its borders in early 2020 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.Ji Jae Ryong, who served as North Korea's ambassador to China between 2010 …READ FULL ARTICLE