An Air Koryo plane at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, on August 22, 2023. (Photo: AP)

According to KCNA, the decision was made after the State Emergency Epidemic Prevention Headquarters on Saturday adjusted the anti-epidemic degree following “eased worldwide pandemic situation.”

But those returned will be put under proper medical observation at quarantine wards for a week.

Last week North Korea resumed international passenger flights with China and Russia after 3 years of border closures due to the pandemic.