North Korea has abruptly stopped international trips to a northeastern border city near China, less than three weeks after it ...

These tours were in the northerly city of Rason - chillingly sitting right on the Russian and Chinese borders. Despite this, Pyongyang mysteriously suspended these trips for unclear reasons ...

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

Koryo Tours last week announced packed five-day itineraries of northern city Rason, with activities including a hike on Mount Shahyang, a boat trip to see seals and a visit to the Rason School ...

Adventurous tourists were notified last month that tours were being offered to Rason, a city close to the Chinese border, after Western travel agencies were notified of the opening of the area by ...

North Korea has reopened its touristic border city of Rason near China after it was closed in 2020 at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a tour operator. "There has been news that ...

North Korea has suspended foreign tourism to the border city of Rason, weeks after allowing a group of international travellers to enter the nation for the first time in five years, according to ...

A Chinese travel agency was accepting registrations for a tour of North Korea's northeastern city of Rason next week, in yet another sign of reopening to foreign tourists after a five-year COVID ...

Several Western tour operators said last month they had sent small numbers of foreign travellers into the northeastern city of Rason after receiving permission from North Korean interlocutors.

Kyle Grau, a 21-year-old video game developer from Australia, went to Rason specifically to see how computer technology was developing in the world’s most isolated country. He was amazed to find ...

Multiple Western travel agencies that organise tours to Rason, a city that lies near North Korea’s border with China, had posted updates last month detailing tours they had organised for foreign ...