The high-rise neighborhood is part of a major construction drive in the capital Pyongyang, where residents’ quality of life ...

Rason is also close to the Russia-China-North Korea tripoint border allowing for easy ground transportation from China and Russia. The monetary gains of sending troops to Russia far outweigh the gains ...

A North Korean ship believed to have been smuggling coal sank in February after colliding with a Chinese vessel, South Korean ...

North Korea has abruptly suspended the entry of foreign tourists after reopening foreign tourism for the first time in about five years following COVID-19, according to tour agencies Thursday.

The country briefly reopened to non-Russian tourists for the first time in five years in February, only to suspend entry ...

said on its website the previous day that "we have been informed that our tours to Rason are temporarily closed." Since September 2023, North Korea only permitted limited Russian group tours. The ...

But tourism to North Korea is contentious, especially as travellers have been allowed back before aid workers and most Western diplomats, including the UK's. Critics, including Joanna Hosaniak from ...

A small group of foreign tourists has visited North Korea in the past week, making them the first international travellers to enter the country in five years except for a group of Russian tourists who ...

Trump unveils new stance on North Korea relationship for his second presidential term Multiple Western travel agencies that organise tours to Rason, a city that lies near North Korea’s border ...

In this image made from video provided by Koryo Tours, tourist group hike up Sahyangsan in Rason, North Korea. Dare to visit? North Korea quietly reopens for tourism after 5-year shutdown!( ...

Tour group operators say the North Korean city of Rason has been closed to foreign visitors, following a recent trip there by 13 international tourists.View on euronews ...