SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese tour agency specializing in North Korean tours has opened bookings for travel programs to North Korea's northeastern city of Rason, scheduled for February ...

Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours, both based in Beijing, announced that they had crossed the Chinese border into the North Korean special economic zone of Rason to discuss logistics for ...

This month's tour, priced at 706 euros ($722.03), includes four nights in Rason and two nights in China's Yanji, as well as visits to factories, mar Print edition National ...

Koryo Tours last week announced packed five-day itineraries of northern city Rason, with activities including a hike on Mount Shahyang, a boat trip to see seals and a visit to the Rason School ...

In January, travel agencies said the North would reopen the border city of Rason to foreign tourists, five years after Pyongyang sealed its frontiers in response to Covid-19. Neither North Korea ...

The two companies, both based in Beijing, said they had crossed the Chinese border into the North Korean special economic zone of Rason to discuss logistics for upcoming tours. Both companies are ...

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.

Seoul (AFP) – Western tour agencies entered North Korea for the first time on Thursday since the end of the pandemic, the companies said, voicing hopes the isolated country may soon reopen a ...

We observed firsthand the harsh conditions and the quality of life of North Koreans in these poor villages, from Rason City going south to Pyongyang City. Upon reaching Pyongyang, we traveled from the ...