March 28, 2024
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Russian Embassy in Pyongyang to send large number of staff home soon: Sources

Half to two-thirds of remaining staff will return to Moscow in summer due to strict COVID-19 rules in North Korea

The Russian Embassy in Pyongyang plans to send home a large number of staff and family members this summer, multiple informed sources told NK News, further shrinking the skeletal international presence inside North Korea.

In what will be the embassy’s biggest staff exit since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, between one half and two-thirds of the remaining Russians affiliated with the embassy will return home, multiple sources said.

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