The first tour is set to take place Feb. 12 to 18, when major celebrations are planned for the birthday of the country's late ...

A tour operator said it had opened bookings for trips to a North Korean border city to celebrate former leader Kim Jong Il's ...

Tour operators said in January that the North would reopen Rason, a city on the border with China, to foreign tourists, five ...

North Korea has reopened its touristic border city of Rason near China after it was closed in 2020 at the peak of the ...

Staff in the Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet at the airport here brace themselves for a stampede every time an Air Koryo flight ...

Koryo Tours opens bookings for North Korean border city trips to celebrate Kim Jong Il's birthday post-pandemic.

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

As one of the least visited areas of North Korea, Rason is an unusual choice for reopening, but its proximity to China and ...

North Korea could soon be opening up to tourists once again after five years of closed boarders - with tours including visits ...

Pyongyang has since reopened the border to some ... The rest of the country remains closed to travellers, Beijing-based Koryo Tours said in a statement. And despite Rason's reopening, "we do ...

A North Korean city is welcoming foreign tourists for the first time in years. But will visitors actually be allowed in? Here ...