Update: This article was revised on Oct. 14 to include a statement from the Romanian foreign ministry

The Romania embassy in Pyongyang closed on Saturday, informed sources told NK News, after the last two of its officials left the DPRK with a group of other foreigners across the land border into China.

The departure of the two Romanians means there are now no diplomats left in North Korea from any European Union country. Only a handful of nations still maintain active embassy operations in Pyongyang as of Sunday, amid strict COVID-19 controls that make embassy work, as well as