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North Korea to open two luxury hotels on East Coast

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BEIJING – North Korea has developed two new luxury class hotels in the Eastern port town of Wonsan, a tour guide who was shown the hotels in July says.

The two hotels are named the Kalma and Saenal and have seemingly built to facilitate beach tours to North Korea’s East Coast, Sarah Davies of Koryo Tours last week told NK News.

“I like how now Wonsan could potentially become more of a holiday destination, you could spend a day sightseeing and the next day chilling in the resort or relaxing on the beach,” Davies said.

Currently, tourists to Wonsan typically stay at