North Korea Travel

15/04/2015

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08/03/2015

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07/03/2015

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19/08/2014

Former NFL player Bob "The Beast" Sapp isn't exactly a household name back home in the United States. But he's big in Japan. Very big. And soon he hopes to be living large — for a week, anyway — in North Korea.

TOKYO (AP) — Former NFL player Bob "The Beast" Sapp isn't exactly a household name back home in the United States. But he's big in Japan. Very big. And soon he hopes to be living large — for a week, anyway — in North Korea.

18/08/2014

A handful of agencies that provide tours to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea say business is growing.

16/08/2014

Looking beneath the surface of *that* video:

North Korean propaganda traditionally trumpets military strength, but carefully crafted tourism videos now show a gentler side.

15/08/2014

While this video contains nothing new (contrary to what plenty of news outlets have suggested), it's certainly pretty...

The video "Enter Pyongyang," which was overseen by the North Korea government, offers panoramic aerial views and takes you inside offices.

11/08/2014

It will soon be possible to surf the DPRK:

North Korea's tourism bureau the Korea International Travel Company (KITC) is offering specialised surfing tours to the country’s east coast, according to both state media and independent tour companies. The recently organized tours will be offered at three main coastal areas in Songdowon, Lake Siju…

10/08/2014

North Korea’s approach to marketing itself to foreign visitors has often been contradictory, the product of competing bureaucracies and the changing whims of the leadership.

North Korea's approach to marketing itself to foreign visitors has often been contradictory, the product of competing bureaucracies and the changing whims of the leadership. As in many other fields, tourism is affected by the actions of several different branches of government, with incompatible pol…

04/08/2014

China has started a bus service from its border city of Yanji in northeastern Jilin Province to neighbouring North Korea, Chinese tourism authorities said Monday.

31/07/2014

For the second time in nearly 20 years Pyongyang will play host to a landmark professional wrestling event, and non-Koreans can experience it too. Antonio Inoki, a legendary Japanese professional wrestler and current member of the Japanese Diet, has used his ties to the North to arrange the event, s…

30/07/2014

Tired of the typical kids' summer camps, in the woods of New England or the mountains of California? How about summer camp in North Korea? The famously secretive country has one...