(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – A cargo-passenger ferry service linking Russia and North Korea completed its first trip Thursday (18).
The Man Gyong Bong ferry – which boasts a restaurant, two fully-stocked bars, a karaoke club and sauna facilities – left the port of Rajin in Rason, North Korea Wednesday (17) and arrived in Russia’s Far Eastern City of Vladivostok at 8:00 am local time Thursday, according to Russian State News Agency TASS.
The trip marked the beginning of a once-weekly regular cargo-passenger service, according to TASS.
An estimated 40 passengers boarded the boat for the maiden voyage.
