A China-based tour agency has begun taking bookings for an international marathon in Pyongyang next month, marking the latest sign of North Korea reopening to foreign tourists.

Beijing has yet to halt its crackdown on North Korean workers in China or bilateral trade with Pyongyang, Daily NK has learned.

You can get in touch with John by emailing [email protected] North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles into the sea on Monday, just hours after South Korea and the United States commenced their largest annual military exercises,

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 Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, and started to scale back restrictions in the middle of 2023.

The country has halted international trips to a city near its border with China, travel agencies said, abruptly reversing Pyongyang's recent decision to reopen its frontier to tourism after five years of isolation.

Rights groups say Pyongyang imposed excessive and unnecessary measures during pandemic that made ‘already isolated country even more repressive’

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

Report by British environmental group says North Korean workers trapped at sea for years and subjected to severe restrictions

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North Korea has reopened its borders to international tourists for the first time in five years, aiming to revive its struggling economy. The move primarily targets generating foreign currency through tourism,

Foreign tourists have visited North Korea in the past week - making them the first Western travellers to enter the country in five years. The latest trip indicates North Korea may be gearing up for a full resumption of its international tourism to bring in much-needed foreign currency to revive its struggling economy, experts say.