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Chinese kids set to visit UK-sanctioned North Korean Songdowon camp: tour firm

Potential trip comes after DPRK recalled its British ambassador over designation and Kim-Xi pledged to boost exchanges

Chinese children are set to visit North Korea’s Songdowon International Children’s Camp this summer, according to a Russian tour agency, weeks after the U.K. blacklisted the camp and prompted Pyongyang to recall its ambassador from London.

The Russian travel firm Vostok Intur flagged the “expected arrival of Chinese schoolchildren” at Songdowon this year in a social media post, citing “available information” without specifics.

The reported trip would mark the first time in years that Chinese children visited the North Korean camp, with the tour agency saying their participation “could mark a new stage in humanitarian and cultural exchanges between