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Episode 14: Is Russia European at all?

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The Disparity Between Russia and North Korea

The Russian North Korean border is 17.3 kilometers long plus another 22 kilometers of maritime border. There's a direct Korean state railway car that goes from Moscow to Pyongyang. The longest direct one-seat ride passenger rail service in the world, 6,383 miles in total. In 2008, two intrepid Western tourists managed to enter North Korea from Russia by taking a train over the friendship bridge.

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