North Korea’s borders have been closed for months as a result of the Kim Jong Un regime’s efforts to curb the spread of covid-19 cases in the territory. This left officials at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang tied, with no way of returning to their country of origin, since even flights are suspended.
However, a delegation of eight diplomats and their families decided to set foot on the road. And especially the hands, with which they had to push a small wagon during a 34-hour Herculean odyssey that finally allowed them to reach the Russian border.
Part of the trip was made by train, another part was traveled on a bus, until, in the final stage, they even had to push and slide a cart on the rails with the strength of their own hands. The only engine they had was the desire to return home.
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“As the borders were closed for more than a year and passenger traffic was interrupted, it was a long and difficult journey to get home,” wrote the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which released a video, this Thursday. fair, where the secretary of the Russian embassy is seen pushing a cart loaded with suitcases and passengers across a railway line at the border of the two countries.
“It was necessary to find a cart, put it on the rails, put things inside, tell the children to sit down and leave”, says the Russian ministry, noting that the small wagon, where a three-year-old child was following, had to be pushed more than a kilometer.
Arriving on Russian soil, the group then took a flight towards Moscow.
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