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North Korea Tourism Comes 1 Step Closer

Foreign tour operators return to North Korea ahead of possible reopening

Representatives from two Western travel agencies crossed into North Korea Thursday for the first time since the isolated regime closed its borders five years ago, raising hopes for new tour offerings to a border city.

Newsweek on MSN · 15h

North Korea Tourism Comes One Step Closer

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

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel · 1d

Western tour operators enter North Korea for first time since pandemic

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

Yonhap News English on MSN · 14h

Overseas tour agents enter N. Korea for 1st time in 5 yrs amid resumption of foreign tourism

Foreign tour agents have entered North Korea for the first time since it closed its borders to tourism in 2020 due to COVID-19, to inspect new tourism sites, a tour agency's website said Friday, amid signs of Pyongyang reopening to foreign tourists.

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The Washington Post · 1d

Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families

North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government said Thursday, as it continues t

Reuters · 1d

North Korea dismantling facility near border for separated families, Seoul says

North Korea is dismantling a facility at its Mount Kumgang resort used for hosting meetings between families separated after the Korean War, South Korea said on Thursday, in the latest sign of strained tensions between the two Koreas.

Daily Journal · 1d

North Korea destroys family reunion centre in 'inhumane act', Seoul says

North Korea is demolishing a venue that for decades hosted tearful reunions of families separated by the Korean War and the division of the country, Seoul said Thursday, decrying the

Anadolu Ajansi11d

North Korea reopens touristic border city 5 years after COVID-19 pandemic

North Korea has reopened its touristic border city of Rason near China after it was closed in 2020 at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a tour operator. "There has been news that ...

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U.S., South Korea hold live-fire drills near tense border with North Korea

The United States and South Korea held live-fire drills Monday near the demilitarized zone as tensions remain high with nuclear-armed North Korea. Explosions reverberated throughout the ...

NBC News10d

North Korea reopens to tourists just in time for late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday

They will also be offered the chance to open their own North Korean bank accounts during a stop at the Golden Triangle Bank. From the Three Countries Border Viewpoint, visitors will also be able ...

North Korean ‘capitalist city’ to welcome tourists…but what’s on offer? Full itinerary from etiquette class to BRIT beer

NORTH Korea’s “capitalist city” is set to open and welcome tourists next week – with a packed itinerary that visitors are to strictly follow. The launch of the bizarre ...

Asia One3d

North Korea says US nuclear submarine at South Korea port posing grave threat, KCNA reports

The North's defence ministry spokesperson did not mention separate live-fire drills conducted jointly by South Korean and US armies at a firing range south of the militarised Korean border ...

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