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Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).
A passenger aircraft operated by North Korean flag carrier Air Koryo flew to China on Tuesday morning, flight-tracking data shows, in what appears to be the first international flight by the commercial airline since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to the aviation tracking website FlightRadar24, an Air Koryo Tu-204 plane departed Pyongyang International Airport on Tuesday morning and entered China’s airspace.