April 19, 2024
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After over a month under quarantine, foreign diplomats leave Pyongyang

Officials from overseas missions arrived in Vladivostok on Monday morning

Update at 16:30 KST: This article has been updated to include further details shared by Russia's embassy in Pyongyang.

Resident diplomats from the German and Russian embassies as well as the French mission and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Pyongyang on Monday departed the North Korean capital after over a month under an effective house arrest, NK News understands.

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