Beijing: It’s a Saturday evening and the Pyongyang restaurant in Beijing’s Korea town is doing a roaring trade. I arrive with a Chinese friend just before 7pm, assuming we’d be seated straight away.

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Chinese Ambassador to North Korea Wang Yajun (rear) speaks during a banquet at the Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang on June 30, 2026, in celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the ...

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