North Korea announces the train schedule connecting Pyongyang and Beijing and the flight schedule for round trips between Pyongyang and Shanghai. On the 16th, the North Korean National Tourism Administration operates the Korean tourism website, where the round-trip train schedule is posted under the title 'International Train Schedule'. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

A travel-related site operated by North Korea listed train services connecting Pyongyang and Beijing, as well as flights between Pyongyang and Shanghai.

On the 16th, round-trip train schedules were recently posted on the Chosun Tourism site operated by the North Korean National Tourism Administration under the title 'International Train Timetable.' The routes include Pyongyang-Beijing, Pyongyang-Dandong, and Pyongyang-Moscow.

Currently, the only segment in operation is the direct train from Pyongyang to Moscow. This segment was suspended in February 2020 and resumed service on the 17th of last month. Passenger trains traveling between Pyongyang and China, such as Beijing and Dandong, have not yet resumed operations.

If passenger train services between Pyongyang and Beijing resume, it will be 5 years and 6 months since operations were halted in January 2020 due to the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus infection).

According to the site, the train departs Pyongyang every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 10:25 a.m., passing through Dandong and Shenyang before arriving in Beijing. The train from Beijing departs every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 5:27 p.m., passing through Shenyang and Dandong before arriving in Pyongyang.

North Korea announces the train schedule connecting Pyongyang and Beijing and the flight schedule for round trips between Pyongyang and Shanghai. On the 16th, the North Korean National Tourism Administration operates the Korean tourism website, where the round-trip flight schedule is posted under the title 'International Routes'. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

Air routes between North Korea and China are also expected to increase. According to the international airline schedule posted on the Chosun Tourism site, flight 'JS 157' departs Pyongyang every Thursday and Sunday at 10:10 p.m., arriving in Shanghai at 11:30 p.m.

Every Monday and Friday, flight 'JS 158' departs Shanghai at 12:30 a.m. and arrives in Pyongyang at 3:50 a.m.

North Korea has been operating the Beijing route since 2023, but the Shanghai route has not yet resumed. Until now, there have only been irregular flights between Pyongyang and Shanghai.

The relationship between North Korea and China has been strained as North Korea has aligned closely with Russia; however, it is improving as the two countries celebrated the 64th anniversary of their friendship treaty with a grand banquet in Pyongyang and Beijing and began restoring high-level exchanges.

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