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China and North Korea Resume Passenger Trains After Six Years
World

China and North Korea Resume Passenger Trains After Six Years

China and North Korea have restored direct passenger rail service for the first time since the COVID-era border closure began in 2020, marking a significant warming of ties between the two allies. The resumption also comes as Pyongyang voiced support for Iran's newly selected supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and condemned the US-Israeli military campaign. Tickets for the first train departing Thursday sold out immediately.

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China and North Korea to resume passenger train service after six-year halt

China and North Korea to resume passenger train service after six-year halt

BBC · Mar 11

Mar 11

N Korea ‘respects’ Iran’s selection of Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader

Al Jazeera · 3:07 AM

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