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

But tourism to North Korea is contentious, especially as travellers have been allowed back before aid workers and most Western diplomats, including the UK's. Critics, including Joanna Hosaniak from ...

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." Since September ...

North Korea has stopped tourists from visiting, just weeks after the first Western tourists entered the country for the first ...

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

Koryo Tours General Manager Simon Cockerell said ... finally found an opening in the Rason area, in the far north of North Korea,” Cockerell said. “Our first tour has been and gone, and ...

In this image made from video provided by Koryo Tours, tourist group hike up Sahyangsan in Rason, North Korea on Feb. 23, 2025. Credit: AP North Korea is expected to open a massive tourism site on ...

DFAT's Smartraveller website has a "do not travel" advisory in place for North Korea. It warns travellers about "the very ...

Koryo Tours General Manager Simon Cockerell said the travelers ... and we are glad to have finally found an opening in the Rason area, in the far north of North Korea,” Cockerell said. “Our first tour ...

Koryo Tours General Manager Simon Cockerell said ... finally found an opening in the Rason area, in the far north of North Korea,” Cockerell said. “Our first tour has been and gone, and ...

Koryo Tours General Manager Simon Cockerell said ... finally found an opening in the Rason area, in the far north of North Korea,” Cockerell said. “Our first tour has been and gone, and ...