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For years nothing worked on the only 17.3 km long, deserted and strangest border in the world. For weeks, not a single truck was seen on the only gravel road connecting North Korea with Russia. When Russian diplomats from Pyongyang wanted to return home in 2021 at the height of the pandemic, they had to hoist their luggage onto a decrepit hand-operated trolley to reach the “Bridge of Friendship” in the desolate border area.
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