NORTH Korea has unexpectedly blocked tourists from visiting the nation just weeks after the dictatorship bizarrely opened up ...

North Korea opened its doors to international tourists after a gap of five years. However, three weeks on, Rason, a city near ...

Multiple companies that run group tours of North Korea have begun offering trips to the Rason special economic zone, marking the return of foreign tourists to the North for the first time since ...

The country closed its borders in January 2020. 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 ...

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

The Rason SEZ was set up in 1991, bordering Russia and China. As an SEZ, it's one of the more international-facing regions in ...

North Korea has stopped tourists from visiting, just weeks after the first Western tourists entered the country for the first ...

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 ...

Before the February reopening, only Russian tourists were allowed limited group tours since September 2023. The first Western ...

Beijing-based tour operators are the first to lead groups into the reclusive nation’s Rason Special Economic Zone, which borders Russia and China.

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.