(CNN) — North Korea has announced it will allow its citizens living abroad to return home in an easing of its coronavirus-era border controls. “Those who return will be put under proper medical observation at quarantine wards for a week,” it said in the announcement. The news comes after a North Korean flight from Pyongyang arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, in what was the first known international commercial flight to leave North Korea since January 2020. Flights between North Korea and Russia are also set to resume, with four flights between Pyongyang and Vladivostok this month. This story was first published on CNN.com, "This country is finally reopening after Covid.

Source: CNN August 27, 2023 16:00 UTC