North Korea ‘Flies out Foreign Diplomats to Russia’ After Lifting Coronavirus Quarantine

North Korea has flown foreign diplomats out of the country following weeks of tight quarantine restrictions imposed by Pyongyang over coronavirus.

Foreign diplomats, embassy staff, and their families check-in for a flight to Vladivostok at Pyongyang International Airport on March 9, 2020. Kim Won Jin/AFP/Getty Images

North Korea has flown foreign diplomats out of the country following weeks of tight quarantine restrictions imposed by Pyongyang over the spread of the coronavirus.

The country, which borders China and South Korea, the two countries hit hardest by the outbreak, has so far not confirmed a single case of the COVID-19 disease.