North Korea Relaxes COVID Restrictions: Citizens Abroad Can Return Home, Signaling Impending Border Reopening in 2020

2023-08-27 14:37:45

North Korea, which had imposed strict restrictions on the country due to the Covid epidemic, announced relaxation of isolation. The country has taken strict action by closing the border for travel in and out of the country. The country has now made a relief announcement that those working in foreign countries can return to their own country.

Citizens abroad have been allowed to return home as per notification from the Emergency Epidemic Prevention Headquarters. North Korean state media released a report on Sunday that citizens living abroad will be allowed to re-enter the country. The Epidemic Prevention Headquarters asked that the returnees should be kept under observation in quarantine wards for a week and proper health care should be provided.

This points to signs that the North Korean borders, which have been closed due to the spread of Covid, will soon be opened in 2020. Last month, Chinese and Russian officials attended a military parade in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. They were the first foreign dignitaries to visit the country following many years. In addition, the permission of a delegation of athletes to participate in the taekwondo competition in Kazakhstan and the first international commercial flight service in three years by state-owned Air Koryo are signs that the borders are going to be reopened. It has also given permission to resume commercial flights between Pyongyang and Beijing, AFP reported, citing the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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