She hoisted a North Korean flag in each hand and posed in front of ... roughly two dozen Western visitors to North Korea’s ...

However, reports now say that trips to North Korea, as of Thursday, have been canceled. "Just received news from our Korean partners that Rason is closed to everyone. We will keep you posted ...

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 ...

NORTH Korea has unexpectedly blocked tourists from visiting the nation just weeks after the dictatorship bizarrely opened up its borders to some Western visitors. Kim Jong-un has attempted to ...

Koryo Tours, a China-based agency specializing in North Korean tours, said on its website the previous day that "we have been informed that our tours to Rason are temporarily closed." Since September ...

The Beijing-based travel company Koryo Tours said it arranged a five-day trip from Feb. 20 to Feb. 24 for 13 international tourists to the northeastern North Korean border city of Rason ...