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First tourists visit North Korea’s ghostly ‘Benidorm’ resort where ‘minders’ follow visitors & phones are ‘bugged’
NORTH Korea has welcomed its first tourists to its ghostly new “Benidorm” beach resort. But the initial batch of visitors ...
First visitors to North Korea’s ‘Benidorm’ describe having ‘phones bugged’ and being ‘followed everywhere’
Upon their arrival at a hotel in Wonsan, Daria says that the holidaymakers were shifted to inferior accommodation, as the ...
Phones ‘bugged’: Inside North Korea's new beach resort where tourists are followed everywhere
North Korea has welcomed its first tourists to its ghostly new “Benidorm” beach resort. But the initial batch of visitors ...
North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort
North Korea says it is banning the entry of foreign tourists to a recently opened mega beach resort, a move that dims ...
North Korea's Benidorm-style resort welcomes first Russian tourists
The Wonsan Kalma resort was opened in a grand ceremony last month by North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, who hailed it as a ...
North Korea bans foreigners from seaside resort weeks after opening
North Korea has announced that its newly opened seaside resort will not be receiving foreign tourists. The Wonsan Kalma ...
North Korea bans foreigners from beach resort after first round of Russian tourists
The decision is an about-face to the beach club's declared goal of attracting overseas visitors and helping initiate a ...
Russia launches first commercial passenger flights to North Korea in decades
The first flight operated by Russian carrier Nordwind took off from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday. View on euronews ...
North Korea Launches Tourism Campaign with New Beachside Resort Featuring a Water Park. Who Can Visit?
In an attempt to develop a tourist economy, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un celebrated the impending launch of Wonsan Kalma — a beachside resort on the east coast of the country with features such as ...
North Korea's Kim cuts tape at coastal tourist site; foreigners not yet welcome
North Korea will open a massive coastal tourist zone with accommodations for 20,000 visitors, though lingering COVID-19 ...
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North Korea's beach umbrella imports surge 47-fold as resort opens
The total value of beach umbrellas imported into North Korea from China reached $207,800 for the first half of this year, up from $4,380 in the year-earlier period, according to Chinese customs data.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un restates unconditional support for ‘all’ Russian actions in Ukraine
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un restated he “unconditionally” supports all Russian actions as it wages war in Ukraine, as he welcomed Moscow’s top diplomat to a newly built beach resort on his country ...