The first tour is set to take place Feb. 12 to 18, when major celebrations are planned for the birthday of the country's late ...

February 16, known as the "Day of the Shining Star" in North Korea, commemorates the birthday of Kim Jong Il, who died in ...

This marks the first time North Korea has opened its borders to international tourism since January 2020. Tourists will be ...

Kim Jong Il, died in late 2011. The current Kims are the third generation of their family to rule North Korea, and their leadership is based on a personality cult established after their ...

He was allowed to return to Pyongyang only after Kim Jong Il became confident that he had full control over the country. For nearly 30 years until his death, Kim Yong Ju had never made public ...

North Korea is opening up to foreign tourists for the first time since it sealed its borders in 2020 during the pandemic.

1919 -- A group of Korean students in Japan denounces the Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and holds a ceremony at the YMCA building in Tokyo to declare Korea's independence. Korea was ...

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The secretive state is reopening to the world after five years – here’s what tourists can expect on the strict, five-day itinerary ...

It's the late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday celebrations, and everyone's invited. For the first time in more than five years, foreign tourists can visit North Korea, albeit to the city of Rason, one ...