with a limited number of tour operators set to lead visitors into the country’s Rason Special Economic Zone this week. Among the first to return was Australian tour manager Rowan Beard.

The country briefly reopened to non-Russian tourists for the first time in five years in February, only to suspend entry ...

But now, a limited number of tour operators are being welcomed back into the country’s Rason Special Economic Zone. Rason, established in 1991 to attract foreign investment, was never as popular ...

North Korea has abruptly suspended the entry of foreign tourists after reopening foreign tourism for the first time in about five years following COVID-19, according to tour agencies Thursday.

Westerners can't visit Pyongyang, but they can go on tours to the Rason Special Economic Zone. A tour guide told BI his first group in years included people from the UK, Australia, and Jamaica.

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

North Korea is finally opening its doors to foreign tourists since closing them five years ago during the Covid-19 pandemic. A group of 13 foreign tourists crossed by land from China last month to ...

North Korean officials have suspended foreign tourism visits to the insular nation about a month after lifting restrictions ...

But on Thursday, Pyongyang allowed tour groups to visit the country's Rason Special Economic Zone, a region near the Russian and Chinese borders. On Thursday morning, Rowan Beard of Young Pioneer ...

North Korea has halted international trips to a city near its border with China, travel agencies said on Wednesday, abruptly ...