(LEAD) N Korea-pandemic (LEAD) N.K. allows citizens abroad to return in official reopening of border following pandemic closure(ATTN: REWRITES headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout) SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has lifted an entry ban imposed on its citizens staying abroad over COVID-19 concerns, state media reported Sunday, reopening its border following more than three years of its stringent virus restrictions. The North's national emergency epidemic prevention headquarters announced that North Korean "citizens abroad have been allowed to return home," as it has decided to "adjust the anti-epidemic degree in reference to the eased worldwide pandemic situation," according to the Korean Central News Agency.

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