A passenger train from China arrived in the North Korean capital on Thursday, state media said, after a six-year hiatus since the service was suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic.
China is North Korea's largest trading partner and a vital source of diplomatic, economic and political support for the isolated nuclear state.
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