The same day, Young Pioneer Tours (YPT), another China-based agency, also announced the suspension of its tours to Rason, a ...

Western tourists were allowed back into North Korea in February for the first time since Covid-19 pandemic - but only into the remote city of Rason. But according to the BBC, several tour ...

The North Korean announcement came two days after Russia said its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region. Ukrainian ...

“Since January of 2020, the country has been closed to all international tourists, and we are glad to have finally found an opening in the Rason area, in the far north of North Korea ...

Earlier this month North Korea has put a sudden 'pause' on its Western tourist drive. Travel groups offering Britons adventures inside the country report that trips to Rason have been put on hold ...

Kum Dang Pak and Jon Su Gyong, both from North Korea, emerged as the winners in the men’s and women’s races by recording ...

Mofid was one of about 200 foreigners who travelled to the secretive state’s capital last week for the Pyongyang International Marathon, which took place on April 6 and had not ...

North Korea held its first Pyongyang Marathon in ... when visitors were permitted to enter the remote eastern city of Rason for the first time in five years. However, the plan was abruptly ...

A Kent man was one of the first Brits to enter North Korea in five years – where he “toured” the sights and even took on a ...

North Korea had only started to scale back Covid-19 restrictions in the middle of 2023. In Feburary, it allowed some Western tourists into the remote, eastern city Rason, but suspended those tours ...