North Korea opened its doors to international tourists after a gap of five years. However, three weeks on, Rason, a city near ...

North Korea has abruptly stopped international trips to a northeastern border city near China, less than three weeks after it opened it up for tourists since the pandemic. At such a critical moment in ...

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 ...

Visitors were taken to Rason, in the country’s special economic zone, on a five-day trip organised by Beijing-based Koryo ...

Western tourists had three weeks to experience North Korea - which has remained closed to travellers from non-allied states - ...

North Korea has once again closed its borders, suspending foreign tourism just weeks after the secretive state welcomed its ...

The Beijing-based travel company Koryo Tours said it arranged a five-day trip from Feb. 20 to Feb. 24 for 13 international ...

After the pandemic began, North Korea quickly banned tourists, jetted out diplomats and severely curtailed border traffic in ...

Fellow travel agency Koryo Tours said "Rason is temporarily closed", with Beijing-based general manager Simon Cockerell telling AFP that those already in North Korea would "finish their trips as ...

The Rason SEZ was set up in 1991, bordering Russia and China. As an SEZ, it's one of the more international-facing regions in ...