North Korea Tourism Comes One Step Closer
North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they have remained shut ever since.
North Korea just allowed tourists to visit for the first time in 5 years — and what they saw was shocking
The group entered the country through China on their trip to Rason in the far northeast — more than 500 miles from the ...
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Kim Jong Un orders munition factories to accelerate five-year defense plan tasks
Major munition factories in South Pyongan province have received an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to quickly ...
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North Korea allows a group of international travelers for the 1st time in years
The latest trip indicates North Korea may be gearing up for a full resumption ... He said that in Rason, they visited factories, shops, schools and the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il ...
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Surreal sights as North Korea welcomes tourists for first time in 5 years
North Korea is finally opening its doors to foreign tourists since closing them five years ago during the Covid-19 pandemic. A group of 13 foreign tourists crossed by land from China last month to ...
North Korea halts tourism visits with no reason cited
North Korean officials have suspended foreign tourism visits to the insular nation about a month after lifting restrictions ...
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Admired Vietnamese man who married North Korean woman passes away
Pham Ngoc Canh, a man whose beautiful fairy-tale-like love story with his North Korean wife touched many hearts, passed away ...
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Western tourists enter North Korea for first time in five years
The travel company's manager, Simon Cockerell, said the visitors crossed into North Korea by land from China. Whilst inside the country, they visited factories, shops, schools and statues of the ...
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On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash for Kim Jong-un
Through them, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un ... They have worked in factories and restaurants in China, logging camps and construction sites in Russia and farms and shipyards in Eastern ...