This photo released by the Russian embassy in North Korea on April 1, 2021, shows a view of a building housing embassies of the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and the French Cooperation Office in Pyongyang. (Photo: Reuters-Yonhap News)
Russia's embassy in North Korea says the country is suffering severe shortages necessary goods amid the pandemic and related restrictions.
Despite claiming to be coronavirus free, North Korea has sealed off its borders as part of stringent anti-coronavirus measures that also involved the departure of diplomats and foreign nationals.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, the Russian embassy said 38 foreign nationals who left Pyongyang on March 18 ended their two-week quarantine in the Chinese border city of Dandong and that the "exodus" of foreigners will continue.
The post said, "Those leaving the Korean capital can be understood - not everyone can withstand total restrictions unprecedented in their severity, an acute shortage of necessary goods, including medicines, and the inability to solve health problems."
It added that fewer than 290 foreigners remain in Pyongyang.
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