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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.
The law of North Korea (officially called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is a codified civil law system inherited from the Japanese and influenced by the Soviet Union. It is governed by The Socialist Constitution and operates within the political system of North Korea.
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.
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 ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has approved the return of its citizens who were abroad after years of strict border restrictions during the COVID pandemic, state media reported on Sunday as the ...
Citizens of South Korea seeking to visit North Korea cannot use South Korean passports to travel to North Korea.. They must instead submit a North/South Korea visitation verification certificate as well as a departure card to the North Korean immigration officer at the port of entry and go through immigration inspection in North Korea.
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.
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]