Thousands of tourists are flocking to North Korea’s sprawling Wonsan-Kalma beach resort, where...
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North Korea Tourism Wants the World Back, but Tourists Stay Away
North Korea wants international tourists back, but even Russian travelers appear reluctant to visit...
A Spa, a Spectacle, and the Great Leader: Inside North Korea’s New Hot Spring Resort
North Korean leader Kim Jong‑Un has opened a newly rebuilt hot spring resort, showcasing domestic...
North Korea Demolishes $37M South Korean Hotel at Mount Kumgang
North Korea is demolishing a $37 million South Korean–built hotel and family reunion center at...
Russia Takes to North Korean Skies in Notable Shift
A recent S7 Airlines flight through North Korean airspace has drawn attention as Russia deepens...
Russia Launches Direct Flight from Moscow to Pyongyang
The first flight, operating with Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, carried Russian government and civil...
Foreign Tourists Banned from North Korea’s New International Resort
The extensive seaside resort located on the east coast of the hermit country, a favored initiative...
Direct Moscow to Pyongyang Flight Launches This Month
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport has already incorporated flights to Pyongyang into its...
North Korean Tourism Beach City with Luxury Resorts, Airport, Train Station & Waterpark
A proud Dear Leader Kim Jong Un of the Korean Democratic People’s Republic, together with the...
North Korea’s Wonsan Kalma Resort Ready for Foreign Tourists
The project, called the "North Korean Benidorm" by analogy with the famous Spanish resort, offers...
Starbucks Coffee in North Korea
A Starbucks Christmas blend with armed Korean People's Army (KPA) smelling the coffee and watching...
Seychelles Charms Highlighted at Seoul Workshop
Tourism Seychelles successfully held the ‘2024 Seychelles Destination Workshop’ at the President...
North Korea International Tourism Resumes in December
US government-announced prohibition on travel to North Korea for US citizens took effect on...
Send in the army: Fighting COVID-19 North Korean style
North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un issued an order ‘on immediately stabilizing the...
Korea is Now the Best MICE Destination in the World
What comes to mind when thinking about planning a conference, a meeting, or a convention? Would it...
Is The Travel Industry really supporting Ukraine?
Most of the world is in a state of shock after witnessing the brutal attack by Russia on Ukraine...
Russia ends COVID-19 restrictions on flights to 52 ‘friendly’ countries
Russian Prime Minister announced today that starting from April 9, Russian Federation will lift...
3,000 additional seats anticipated from South Korea in April
The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) has announced that airlines out of South Korea are planning to add...
GVB prepares for anticipated increase in travel from Korea
With the unwavering support and commitment of Governor Lou Leon Guerrero and Lt. Governor Joshua...
IATA: Strong improvement in airline safety performance
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released 2021 safety performance data for the...
North Korea praises China, berates US, and dumps Beijing Olympics on the same breath
North Korea's national Olympic committee and sports ministry informed its Chinese counterparts of...
Airlines: The Best and The Worst
A study analyzing passenger experiences conducted by Bounce for factors such as service, meals...
North Korean Air Koryo announces resumption of China flights
No flight took off from Pyongyang for Beijing despite announcement
12 countries close embassies in North Korea due to shortage of essential goods and medicine
Only nine ambassadors and four charges d’affaires are representing their countries in North Korea...
A new Travel Option: Crossing the border pushing a railroad trolley
No gas, no electricity or steam needed. This form of transportation is environmental friendly and...
Escaping Coronavirus: North Korea Tourist Resort wants Chinese Visitors
According to North Korea, there has been not even one Coronavirus case in this isolated country...
COVID-19 in North Korea: Executions, capital lockdown, fishing ban
According to the latest reports, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is taking some drastic steps...
Busan Builds Firm MICE Infrastructure as an International Convention City
Busan is an international convention city that is receiving attention worldwide. According to an...
The Past and Future of Busan as an International Convention City
Having attracted and hosted countless international conventions, Busan has grown into one of the...
Emergency in North Korea: DPRK reports COVID19 cases
North Korea admits a returning “runaway” has tested positive for Covid-19 in the city of Kaesong...
Who is Kim Yo Jong a possible new leader in North Korea?
Kim Jong Un was sick and rumors about his death became louder and louder. UPDATE: On May 1 reports...
Free of Coronavirus are 15 Countries including 10 Island Nations
Which countries in the world don’t have the coronavirus yet – and what is the reason...
Tourism stopped in North Korea
Coronavirus made one of the most closed-off countries in the world, North Korea completely closed...
North Korea closes border : Coronavirus
Why did North Korea Close its Borders? – North Korea has closed its borders for...
Will tourism make a Trump and Kim Jong-un meeting possible?
Tourism may be the key to renewed talks between North and South Korea. North Korea recently opened...
Seoul: North Korea won’t discuss demolition of ‘shabby’ South Korean hotels
South Korea on Monday proposed a working-level meeting with North Korea, just days after the North...
North Korean Tourism: Does it violate UN Sanctions ?
Mount Kumgang or the Kumgang Mountains are a mountain/mountain range, with a 1,638-metre-high...
Kim Jong-un commands South Korean tourist resort to be destroyed
Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea, visited the Mount Kumgang tourist resort, which was initially...
US Treasury sanctions North Korean state-sponsored malicious cyber groups
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced...
US Treasury designates Russian financial institution supporting North Korean sanctions evasion
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the...
Korean Air receives 200th Boeing aircraft
Korean Air received delivery of its 25th B777-300ER on May 14, the 200th Boeing aircraft the...
North Korea fires another missile today
The South Korean military reported that North Korea has fired another missile today, Saturday, May...
North Korea abandoning tourism? Test fires weapon
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un today witnessed the test-firing of a new type of tactical guided...
Boston-Logan Airport: New international routes
The last 24 hours have brought 2 new international flights to Boston Logan International Airport...
Korean Air: No more peanuts
Korean Air has made the decision to remove peanuts from its food offerings after the recent...
Hahn Air takes logical next step to distribute Airbus corporate shuttle service
“As we have the know-how and the systems’ infrastructure in place, it is only a logical next...
Peace through tourism Korea in the making: $175,562
Seoul’s state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) plans to investigate the potential for cross...
Korean Air helps orphanage in Manado, Indonesia
Korean Air employees visited Yettrang, an underprivileged village with a high poverty rate and no...
Trump Kim Summit 2019 may open North Korean tourist site after South Korean visitor was shot to death
The success of the Kim-Trump summit scheduled to be held later this month in Hanoi, Vietnam could...
Visit North Korea loves British Tourists and it puts a sponsorship behind it
"Visit North Korea is proud to announce the signing of a sponsorship deal with English football...
A New Beginning for Tourism, Sports, and Peace on the Korean Peninsula
To Korea With Love. Much of the world awoke on September 18th to the hopeful news that the leaders...
North and South Korea unification: Lunch in Pyongyang today may be a giant step
It started with sports and tourism when the two Korea's tried to communicate and cooperate. Today...
Travel, tourism and now a North and South Korea liaison office
Travel and tourism, along with sports seem to be a current attempt to bring South and North Korea...
North Korea Chairman Kim Jong Un pleased with coastal tourist development
It is Kim Jong Un's long-cherished idea to build recreational resorts on the scenic shores of North...
AIRBNB speaks out on Supreme Court decision on US travel ban
Today, the US Supreme Court decided to uphold the travel ban designed by the Trump administration...
One united Korea in sports: Tourism next?
Sports is a uniting factor. Cricket has done wonders in India and Pakistan relations, so maybe...
Trump and Kim agree on Singapore Tourism: Shangri La Hotel, St. Regis and Capella Resort winners
It was a great day for the world today, and an even better day for Singapore tourism with...
History in the making: Trump and Kim Jong-un shake hands in Singapore
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump have arrived at the summit venue...
Man arrested in Singapore for impersonating North Korean dictator a little too well
Kim Jong-un impersonator’s uncanny resemblance to North Korean dictator has led to his arrest...
“Tremendous anger and open hostility”: Trump cancels meeting with Kim Jong-un
US President Donald Trump has cancelled a much-anticipated summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong...
Air traffic highway: Pyongyang proposes new air route through North and South Korea
South Korea said on Tuesday that North Korea has proposed a new air route through the two countries...
ICAO: North Korea request to launch air routes between Pyongyang and Seoul
United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization directors will visit North Korea...
North Korea tour bus crash causes ‘heavy casualties to Chinese tourists’
A major traffic accident in North Korea has resulted in numerous casualties, among them Chinese...
Air China scraps Pyongyang service due to “unsatisfactory business operations”
Air China quits flying to North Korea due to lack of passenger demand.
Trump re-designates North Korea a “state sponsor of terrorism”
US move to relist North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism will apply "maximum pressure" to...
Nuclear attack from North Korea: You got 15-30 minutes, Happy World Tourism Day
Forget the travel and tourism industry, forget UNESCO World Heritage sites, forget humanity the way...
Guam Tourism controlled by United Airlines and Kim Jong-un
Yesterday, I traveled on a United Airlines flight from Shanghai to Guam. The plane was almost...
China: North Korean earthquake “not a nuclear explosion”
China’s Earthquake Administration said on Saturday that a small earthquake recorded earlier...
Remarks by Secretary Mnuchin on President Trumps Executive Order on North Korea
US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin delivered the following remarks at United Nations...
Leave in 72 hours: Mexico kicks North Korea’s ambassador out over nuclear test
The Mexican government has declared North Korea’s ambassador to the country, Kim Hyong-gil, persona...
Trump Administration responds to North Korea
The Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense (GHS/OCD), in conjunction with the Mariana...
Tourism to North Korea booming despite nuclear threat
“Get to North Korea, while you still can.It won’t be the same if the regime collapses.”...
US House overwhelmingly approves new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives votes overwhelmingly to impose new sanctions...
US State Department: US citizens will be banned from traveling to North Korea
The Trump administration will ban US citizens from traveling to North Korea, according to the State...
US North Korea Travel Act: Total tourist travel ban to North Korea proposed
A bipartisan pair of US representatives have proposed legislation aimed at preventing American...
Tourist ferry service launched between North Korea and Russia
A tourist ferry has completed its first cruise from the North Korean port of Rajin to the Russian...
