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.

Koryo Tours, a China-based agency specializing in North Korean tours, said on its website the previous day that "We have been informed that our tours to Rason are temporarily closed." The company ...

North Korea has suspended foreign tourism to the border city of Rason, weeks after allowing a group of international travellers to enter the nation for the first time in five years, according to ...

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 the ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Actor Zo In-sung has ended his exclusive contract with his agency, NSENM (formerly IOK Company). NSENM said in a statement on Monday, "After extensive discussions leading up to the contract’s ...

Kyle Grau, a 21-year-old video game developer from Australia, went to Rason specifically to see how computer technology was developing in the world’s most isolated country. He was amazed to find ...

Last Thursday, the group, which included tourists from the UK, France, Germany, and Australia, crossed the border from China into Rason, a remote region in North Korea. The tour lasted four nights ...