making her way with fellow travellers to Rason SEZ (Rason Special Economic Zone). Rason is in the northeast of the country, the only part of North Korea that borders both Russia and China.

In February of this year, a handful of Western travel agencies began offering small group tours to Rason, a special economic zone in the northeast of the country near the borders of China and Russia.

SEOUL--Once a North Korean experiment in limited capitalism, the Rason Special Economic Zone appears to be the epicenter of the isolated country’s growing cooperation with Russia, experts say ...

North Korean troops in Russia might be the reason. Non-Russian tourists had been granted access only to the Rason Special Economic Zone in the northeast, which did not feature any significant ...

The Yanggakdo Hote currently operates a “foreigners-only” casino on its premises and another at the Bipa Hotel in the Rason Special Economic Zone in the northeast of the country, close to the ...

Travel groups offering adventures inside the Hermit Kingdom report that trips to Rason have been put on hold after the country tentatively reopened last month ...

The same day, Young Pioneer Tours (YPT), another China-based agency, also announced the suspension of its tours to Rason, a northeastern special economic zone in North Korea, on its Facebook account.

Australia and Italy visited the northeastern city of Rason — where the country’s special economic zone is located — for a five-day trip organised by Koryo Tours. The travel company's manager ...

The visit by the Western group was limited to the remote northeastern city of Rason, which the North Korean government has designated a special economic zone. During the trip, they visited ...

On 20 February, the first Western tourists started arriving in Rason, a city earmarked by the North as a special economic zone, to trial new financial policies. Tour operators told the BBC the ...

Rason, which lies near the borders with China and Russia, became North Korea's first special economic zone in 1991. It has a separate visa regime and has been a testing ground for new economic ...

Beijing-based tour operators are the first to lead groups into the reclusive nation’s Rason Special Economic Zone, which borders Russia and China. Pasquali told CNA: “I got a phone call saying ...