A holiday to North Korea is ‘like a school trip’ says operator behind new tour as isolated nation reopens - Exclusive: ‘You ...

The secretive state is reopening to the world after five years – here’s what tourists can expect on the strict, five-day ...

Koryo Tours, a tour operator based in Beijing, announced this week it had reopened bookings to see the city after North Korea sealed its borders in 2020 ... The 22-year-old stole a propaganda banner ...

February 16, known as the "Day of the Shining Star" in North Korea, commemorates the birthday of Kim Jong Il, who died in ...

North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they have remained shut ever since.

we're happy to finally enter North Korea," Koryo Tours wrote in a blog post on its website. "The country is not yet fully open to tourism and this is a special trip for staff only," the post said.

The first trip to depart for Rason is a “Return of North Korean Tourism Tour” for 20 tourists on 12 February. In honour of ...

Beijing-based Koryo Tours on Thursday said tours to North Korea were “officially back,” with some of its staff allowed to enter the Rason area in what it hoped would mark the relaunch of tourism.

Regardless, the US Department of State strongly suggests that US citizens do not travel to North Korea at this time. However, Koryo assures visitors that the country is safe for Americans ...

North Korea has dubbed Samjiyon its "'model of a highly-civilized mountain city' with new apartments, hotels, a ski resort ... or more than what it was," Koryo Tours' Simon Cockerell cautioned ...