North Korea and Russia reportedly agreed to resume rail traffic this month, nearly three years after the DPRK closed its regular cargo freight service to Russia. 

North Korean ambassador Sin Hong Chol and Primorsky district governor Oleg Kozhemyako apparently reached the agreement at the Eastern Economic Forum, an annual international forum held in Vladivostok, according to a press release from the region on Thursday.

The two parties did not disclose the exact date when railway traffic might resume, but it would be the first time in years that Russia and North Korea commit to regular freight transport. In April, satellite