Beijing-Tour operators said on Jan 16 that North Korea had reopened a border city to foreign tourists, five years after Pyongyang sealed its frontiers in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
North Korea is set to open a long-awaited beachfront "tourist city" later this year as the "first big step" to developing the country's tourism industry.
Pyongyang has since reopened the border to some trade and official delegations, and North Korea last year permitted Russian tourists to enter the country for the first time since the pandemic.
The vast majority of foreign visitors to North Korea before the pandemic were Chinese, though some Americans also ventured there before Washington banned travel following the imprisonment and ...
The vast majority of foreign visitors to North Korea before the pandemic were Chinese, though some US citizens also ventured there before Washington banned travel following the imprisonment and ...