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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 .
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.
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: North Korean copy of the AK-47 produced under licence. [3] [5] Standard issue of militia and KPA secondary troops. [10] Type 68 Soviet Union North Korea: North Korean copy of the AKM. [2]: A-77 Standard issue among North Korean infantry and being slowly supplanted by the Type 88 or 98. [3] Type 88 North Korea: North Korean copy of ...
Mount Kumgang. Tourism in North Korea is tightly controlled by the North Korean government.All tourism is organized by several state-owned tourism bureaus, including Korea International Travel Company (KITC), Korean International Sports Travel Company (KISTC), Korean International Taekwondo Tourism Company (KITTC) and Korean International Youth Travel Company (KIYTC). [1]
North Korea, [d] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [e] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
On October 14, 2018, North and South Korea agreed to restore inter-Korean rail and road transportation. [3] On November 22, 2018, North and South Korea reopened a road on the Korean border which had been closed since 2004. [4] [5] On November 30, 2018, inter-Korean rail transportation resumed when a South Korean train crossed into North Korea ...
The committee was founded when the North Korean state was declared. It was modeled after its Soviet equivalent, the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. [2] Initially the organization sought to generate goodwill toward North Korea abroad, but after the North Korean famine it has concentrated on acquiring resources. [3]