Extraordinary flights from the Russian Far East to North Korea

Extraordinary flights from the Russian Far East to North Korea.

In order to cut off North Korea ’s nuclear and missile development funding, the UN has called for countries to return North Korean workers by late this month in a sanctions resolution. Against this backdrop, it is clear that the number of flights to Pyongyang has increased significantly at Vladivostok Airport in the Russian Far East, where there are many North Korean workers.

According to officials at Vladivostok Airport, North Korea's Koryo Airlines will start operating this month, increasing the number of temporary flights to Pyongyang, and will operate daily on weekdays from 9th to late this month.

Koryo Airlines operates two scheduled flights a week to Pyongyang, but the number is scheduled to increase significantly from the 9th to 10 flights a week, including temporary flights.

According to the Russian local government, the increase in flights to Pyongyang is to cope with the return of North Korean workers. On the 6th, two temporary flights and regular flights departed. It was crowded with North Korean people carrying luggage.

The UN Security Council has, in the end, adopted a sanctions resolution to cut off North Korea ’s nuclear and missile development funding, and urges countries to repatriate North Korean workers working in their country by the end of this month. The

In Russia, more than 30,000 North Korean workers were registered as of December, mainly in the Far-East region, where the population is small, but the Russian government has indicated a policy of repatriation based on a UN resolution. .