Travel

Does visiting North Korea as a tourist provide any useful insight? Three North Korea watchers debate the pros and cons of visiting the DPRK. [...]

Despite warnings of pre-emptive nuclear strikes and imminent war, North Koreans are currently calmly preparing for the annual Pyongyang marathon. [...]

A China based tour agency says all trips to North Korea will be suspended as of April 10. However, two western agencies confirm that tours will continue as usual. [...]

Luxury hotel operators Kempinski have told NK NEWS that plans to open rooms at the 105 floor Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang have been put on hold because of "market conditions" in North Korea. [...]

Even as tensions on the Korean Peninsula reach a breaking point, Dennis Rodman is making vacation plans. [...]

Is tourism really "booming" in North Korea like state news agency KCNA suggests? If so, what are the moral implications - and should it be something we encourage? [...]

Western tourists in North Korea have been banned from sending postcards home to friends and loved ones, supposedly as a result of "sanctions" passed in recent days and weeks. [...]

Over the past year a New Zealander by the name of Roger Shepherd has had almost unprecedented access to North Korea. How? By exploring the country's rugged mountain ranges. [...]

Following news broken on this site that North Korea is allowing foreign tourists to keep their cellphones throughout tours of the country, NK NEWS can now exclusively reveal the pricing structure that network operator KoryoLink will be providing services at.  Kyodo News have also published video of the first foreigners using the tourist service at [...]

A change in national policy comes just days after Google chairman Eric Schmit's visit. Could this signal the country taking a more relaxed approach to the use of communication technology? [...]