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More Russian diplomats leave North Korea as country maintains COVID controls

Russian Embassy reports just 21 personnel remain in Pyongyang after more than 3 years without staff rotations
Chad O'Carroll June 5, 2023
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More Russian diplomats leave North Korea as country maintains COVID controls
Russian Ambassador Alexander Matsegora bids farewell to embassy staff at the Pyongyang train station | Image: Facebook page of Russian Embassy in the DPRK (June 2, 2023)

More personnel at the Russian Embassy in North Korea have left the country, the embassy announced on Friday, a sign that a return to border normalization could still be a long way off.

A video posted on the embassy’s Facebook page showed Russian Ambassador Alexander Matsegora bidding farewell to staff at the Pyongyang train station, with at least nine people on the train when it left for Russia.

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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