The first trip to depart for Rason is a “Return of North Korean Tourism Tour” for 20 tourists on 12 February. In honour of ...

N. Korean ice sculpture festival An ice sculpture depicting the Bugler of Advance is seen during an ice sculpture festival in ...

Pyongyang citizens look around the national art exhibition to celebrate the 83rd birth anniversary of North Korea's late ...

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 ...

Unlike his father or his son, the Dear Leader possessed more of an artistic, emotional sensibility, seen in his love of art, culture, propaganda, music and film. Kim Jong Il is said—to the author by ...

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

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 ...

A tour operator said Monday it had opened bookings for trips to a North Korean border city to celebrate former leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, offering foreign tourists the first chance to visit ...

Tourists will be invited to Rason and have the opportunity to pay their respects to Kim Jong Il. Rason is not known for its scenic beauty. Tourist attractions in the city include a food processing ...

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 ...

Kim Jong Il. A centenarian, Kim Yong Ju outlived his brother as well as former leader Kim Jong Il, but he live the second half of his life mainly in obscurity, often in a remote part of the ...