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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lucy Papachristou

Passenger trains between Russia and North Korea set to resume

North Korea Russia - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Russia and North Korea plan to restart a direct passenger train service between Moscow and the North Korean capital Pyongyang this month for the first time since 2020, Russia's state-owned rail monopoly said on Monday.

Russian Railways said it had agreed with North Korea's railways ministry to resume a twice-monthly service between the two capitals on June 17, a journey it said took eight days and which, at over 10,000 km (6,213 miles), was the longest direct rail journey in the world.

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