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The marketing professional was one of about 100 Russian nationals who were allowed to travel to North Korea this month in what is believed to be the hermit kingdom’s first international tourist ...
North Korea is said to be building what it called a "socialist utopia" in Samjiyon, a city near the Chinese border, that will include "a model of highly-civilized mountain city" with new ...
The first trip to depart for Rason is a “Return of North Korean Tourism Tour” for 20 tourists on 12 February. In honour of the country’s late leader, the tour from Yanji, China to the DPRK ...
The majority of tourists are Chinese nationals: one 2019 estimate indicated that up to 120,000 Chinese tourists had visited North Korea in the previous year, compared to fewer than 5,000 from Western countries. [2] In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea, North Korea closed its borders to foreign tourists on 22 January 2020. [3]
The COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea was part of a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). North Korea confirmed its first case on 8 May 2022. North Korea is a secretive and diplomatically isolated country in East Asia.
All visitors holding ordinary passports (except South Korea) must obtain a visa prior to entering North Korea. All visitors (except citizens of South Korea) who travel to North Korea for tourism purposes require prior authorization from a travel agency registered with the State General Bureau of Tourist Guidance.
North Korea has been building what it called a "socialist utopia" in Samjiyon, a city near the Chinese border, and "a model of highly-civilised mountain city" with new apartments, hotels, a ski ...
By Josh Smith. SEOUL (Reuters) - A group from Russia is poised to be the first known tourists allowed into North Korea since anti-pandemic border lockdowns began in early 2020, according to a post ...