Push Pull Diplomacy

[Bob Crowley]

Now this is what I call "push pull" diplomacy.

'Long and difficult' journey with handcar out of North Korea for Russian diplomats

Embassy third secretary Vladislav Sorokin was the trolley's "engine", the ministry said, by pushing it for more than 1 kilometre, including across a rail bridge over the Tumen River, which divides the two countries.

First and Second Secretaries rode up front with their wives, I presume.

 

[The Barbarian]

Those used to be the maintenance vehicles before motorcars were used:

Kinda fun, two guys, pumping the handle up and down; you coudget going pretty fast with those. Looks like all the Russians could find were the tow cars; hence the pushing. One thousand meters isn't all that bad, though.