Rason became North Korea’s first SEZ in 1991 and has been a testing ground for new economic policies. It is home to the socialist country’s first legal marketplace and has a separate visa ...

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

North Korea has reopened tourism in the special economic zone of its northeastern border city Rason to foreign tourists, the website of a China-based travel agency showed Friday. "North Korea has ...

Although China - with its vastly larger economy and deeper historic ties with North Korea - might seem the obvious driver of a recovery in Rason, experts say the country’s deepening cooperation ...