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North Korea maintains close control on where foreign tourists can go and what they can do once they enter the country.South Korea reported Monday its first confirmed case of the coronavirus ...
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.
A tourist visa comes in the form of a blue travel paper stating "tourist card" (Korean: 관광증; MR: kwankwangchŭng) and bearing the country's official name (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) in English and Korean, which is stamped by North Korean customs instead of the passport. The travel paper is taken away upon exiting the country.
Simon Cockerell, a tour operator, has visited North Korea more than 180 times. North Korea is opening partially to tourism for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
North Korea will resume international tourism to its northeastern city of Samjiyon in December, and possibly the rest of the country, tour companies said on Wednesday. The move is a sign that the ...
Naenara (Korean: 내나라; lit. my country) [1] is the official web portal of the North Korean government. [3] It was the first website in North Korea, and was created in 1996. [4] The portal's categories include politics, tourism, music, foreign trade, arts, press, information technology, history, and "Korea is One". [5]
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 ...
State General Bureau of Tourist Guidance (formerly State General Bureau of Tourism; Korean: 국가관광총국) is a North Korean state agency that organizes tourism in North Korea. [1] [2] Foreign tour operators have to work closely with the bureau; [2] its staff accompanies all tours of foreigners. [3] The bureau was founded on 15 May 1986.