{"id":57418,"date":"2026-03-11T02:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/china-and-north-korea-to-resume-direct-beijing-pyongyang-rail-link\/11\/03\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T02:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:47:54","slug":"china-and-north-korea-to-resume-direct-beijing-pyongyang-rail-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/china-and-north-korea-to-resume-direct-beijing-pyongyang-rail-link\/11\/03\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"China and North Korea to resume direct Beijing-Pyongyang rail link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">China and North Korea are restoring a direct rail link between their capitals after a six-year pause, a move that reflects warming ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">China&#8217;s state railway said in a notice on Tuesday that the first passenger train will depart on Thursday for the nearly 24-hour journey. Service between Beijing and Pyongyang was suspended in 2020 when North Korea closed its borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">China Railway said the connection would promote economic cooperation and cultural exchange, with trains running four times a week in both directions. Two carriages will be reserved for foreign travellers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_m72kqoqk5elubsnoqdbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_m72kqoqk5elubsnoqdbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_m72kqoqk5elubsnoqdbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Before the pandemic, Chinese tourists were the largest visitor group in North Korea. China, led by the Communist Party, is also one of the country&#8217;s most important economic partners. North Korea remains under extensive UN sanctions for its nuclear weapons programme and serious human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Beijing last September for a military parade of China&#8217;s People&#8217;s Liberation Army, one of his rare overseas trips.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/china-north-korea-resume-direct-062938371.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China and North Korea are restoring a direct rail link between their capitals after a six-year pause, a move that reflects warming<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/china-and-north-korea-to-resume-direct-beijing-pyongyang-rail-link\/11\/03\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/dpa_international_526\/85359e16659d7ea823142fbb2a5b1250","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}