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North Korea, Russia resume cross-border railway trade

02 November 2022 12:56 (UTC +04:00)

North Korea and Russia have resumed cross-border railway trade, ending a two-year hiatus caused by Covid-19 border restrictions, media reported Wednesday, APA reports citing Moscow Times.

Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that the first freight train carrying 30 thoroughbred horses has departed for the country's only border crossing with North Korea, Khasan-Tumangang.

Russian federal customs service data viewed by The Moscow Times said North Korea had imported 138 horses at the cost of $584,302 between 2010 and 2019.

Twelve Russian horses, which have great symbolic power in North Korean mythology and political culture, and ponies were delivered to North Korea in 2019 alone.

Russia’s Far Eastern Railway told Interfax that the next rail shipment to North Korea is expected to deliver medical goods. It did not specify the date of future supplies.