Rason, a Special Economic Zone on the northeastern coast of North Korea, briefly reopened to foreign visitors in February 2025 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Koryo Tours organized ...

Rason is in the northeast of the country, the only part of North Korea that borders both Russia and China. Travelling with about 15 other so-called "extreme tourists", they stayed in Rason Tourist ...

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The measure for visits to the Rason special economic zone comes as North Korea aims to boost its tourism revenue.

A British tourist who was the first from his country to visit North Korea since the pandemic five years ago has revealed some of the most bizarre encounters while in the isolated country.

The border opened to foreign visitors for only a month before being sealed again. North Korean troops in Russia might be the reason. Non-Russian tourists had been granted access only to the Rason ...

This photo taken on November 20, 2017, shows cranes and coal at Rajin harbor in North Korea's northeast city of Rason, near the borders of both China and Russia.

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

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

North Korea has stopped tourists from visiting, just weeks after the first Western tourists entered the country for the first time in five years. North Korea sealed itself off at the start of the ...