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North Korea Suspends All Air, Train Links With China Over Virus

A Chinese visitor uses a pair of binoculars to look from the Chinese city of Dandong to Sinuiju in North Korea. / Reuters

By Kyodo News 31 January 2020

North Korea was set to suspend all flights and trains to and from China on Friday in response to the outbreak of a new, deadly coronavirus in the neighboring country, according to the British ambassador to North Korea.

“#NorthKorea introduces more restrictions on travel with all flights and trains between #DPRK and China suspended from 31 January in response to #Coronavirus,” Colin Crooks said on Twitter late on Thursday.

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