North Korea has halted international trips to a city near its border with China, travel agencies said on Wednesday, abruptly reversing Pyongyang's recent decision to reopen its frontier to tourism ...

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on the development of a nuclear-powered submarine capable of firing missiles during a naval shipyard tour, according to state media, a likely warning to US ...

But tourism to North Korea is contentious, especially as travellers have been allowed back before aid workers and most Western diplomats, including the UK's. Critics, including Joanna Hosaniak from ...

“Our first tour has been and gone, and now more tourists on both group and private visits are going in, arranging trips,” he added. After the pandemic began, North Korea quickly banned ...

As North Korea slowly emerges from five years of self-imposed pandemic ... though the capital was off-limits to the ...

Entering North Korea There have been a few false starts in the past, but two weeks ago, Koryo Tours set up a WhatsApp group for travelers flexible enough to enter North Korea on short notice.

said on its website the previous day that "we have been informed that our tours to Rason are temporarily closed." Since September 2023, North Korea only permitted limited Russian group tours. The ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers that Pyongyang may be preparing to conduct its seventh nuclear ...

DFAT's Smartraveller website has a "do not travel" advisory in place for North Korea. It warns travellers about "the very ...

Fellow travel agency Koryo Tours said "Rason is temporarily closed", with Beijing-based general manager Simon Cockerell telling AFP that those already in North Korea would "finish their trips as ...

North Korea has halted international trips to a city near its border with China, travel agencies said on Wednesday, abruptly reversing Pyongyang's recent decision to reopen its frontier to tourism ...