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Russian diplomats leave North Korea on hand-powered rail trolley

Coronavirus pandemic meant the envoys and their families had to travel home in an unconventional way

In normal times, most diplomats can expect to end a foreign posting with an official – if not always fond – farewell from their hosts and a comfortable journey back to their native country.

But for one group of Russian envoys and their families, the coronavirus pandemic meant there was only one way home – under their own steam on a hand-pushed rail trolley.

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