Ua hoʻopau kahi moku mākaʻikaʻi i kāna huakaʻi mua mai ke awa ʻo North Korea ʻo Rajin a i ke kūlanakauhale Lūkini o Vladivostok. ʻO ka wehe ʻana o ke ala e hōʻailona ai i ka manaʻo o Pyongyang e hoʻomohala i nā pilina kalepa a me nā mākaʻikaʻi me Rūsia ma waena o ka ulu ʻana o nā haunaele ma ka peninsula Korea.
Aia nā ʻelele o nā hui mākaʻikaʻi Kina a me Lūkia ma luna o ka ferry i hōʻea i Vladivostok i ka Pōʻalima, hōʻike ʻo RIA Novosti, e haʻi ana i ka mea hoʻokele ala. ʻO ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi mua ma ka pilina kaʻa mua ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua e manaʻo ʻia i kēia pule aʻe, ua hoʻohui ʻia.
Hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke ala e "kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a me ke kālepa bilateral," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke kanikela nui o Rūsia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Chongjin, Yuriy Bochkarev, i ka hui nūhou TASS.
E holo ka ferry i ka huakaʻi ʻehā manawa o ka mahina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Mangyongbong ferry e lawe i 200 mau kaʻa a ma kahi o 1,500 tons o ka ukana, e like me TASS.
ʻO ka mea makemake e holo i ka moku holo moku ʻo Rajin-Vladivostok e uku ʻo ia i $87-$101, e pili ana i ka papa cabin. ʻO ka hui Lūkini, ka mea e lawelawe ana i ka Mangyongbong, hāʻawi i kahi hale ʻaina, ʻelua mau pahu, nā mīkini slot, nā hale kūʻai a me kahi sauna.
"ʻO ka hana a Mangyongbong ma ke ʻano he Rajin-Vladivostok honua mākaʻikaʻi liner e hāʻawi maikaʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka halihali moana a me ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua," wahi a Reuters i ka ʻoihana nūhou KCNA o North Korea.
Ua hoʻohana ka Mangyongbong i ka huakaʻi ma waena o ka ʻĀkau a me Iapana ma mua o ka pāpā ʻana o Iapana i nā moku āpau o North Korea mai nā wai Iapana ma hope o nā hoʻokolohua missile a Pyongyang i 2006.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka missile hou a Pyongyang i ka Pōʻaono, ua hoʻoweliweli ka UN Security Council iā North Korea me kahi lāʻau hoʻopaʻi hou, e koi ana iā ia e hoʻokuʻu i kāna hana nuklea a me ka ballistic missile. ʻO ke alakaʻi hou o South Korea, ʻo Moon Jae-in, ua hoʻāhewa pū i nā hoʻokolohua hou o North Korea, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana aia he "kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe" o ka hakakā kaua ma waena o nā ʻāina.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The route's launch is slated to “contribute to the development of regional tourism and bilateral trade,” the Russian consul general in the city of Chongjin, Yuriy Bochkarev, told TASS news agency.
- “Mangyongbong's operation as the Rajin-Vladivostok international tourist liner will make a positive contribution to developing marine transport and economic cooperation and tourism between the two countries,” Reuters cited the North Korean KCNA news agency.
- Following one of Pyongyang's latest missile launches on Saturday, the UN Security Council threatened North Korea with a new raft of sanctions, urging it to suspend its nuclear and ballistic missile activity.
