Uncover the history of the Ryugyong Hotel, a fascinating yet unfinished landmark in North Korea that captures global intrigue ...

The Ryugyong Hotel, located in Pyongyang, has been under construction for almost four decades -but it now plans to operate a ...

A North Korean ship believed to have been smuggling coal sank in February after colliding with a Chinese vessel, South Korean ...

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

A British traveler recently spoke about his rare experience being one of the first foreign tourists to visit North Korea in ...

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

North Korea has suddenly stopped foreign tours to its special tourist city of Rason, weeks after reopening the city for the first time since imposing a COVID-19 ban on arrivals in 2020.

It opened up to Russian visitors in 2024, but it was only last month that Western tourists were allowed into the remote, eastern city Rason. However several tour companies now say that trips to ...

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 ...

Multiple Western travel agencies that organise tours to Rason, a city that lies near North Korea’s border with China, had posted updates last month detailing tours they had organised for foreign ...

Several Western tour operators said last month they had sent small numbers of foreign travellers into the northeastern city of Rason after receiving permission from North Korean interlocutors.