North Korea is trying to attract foreign investment for new cruise ship routes linking Mount Kumgang to the Russian city of Vladivostok and Southeast Asia, a DPRK website entitled “Mount Kumgang” said earlier in the month.

The website released investment guidelines on March 15 to promote the operation of a 20,000 – 30,000-ton ferry docking at Kosong Port in Kangwon Province located near Mount Kumgang.

The cruise program provided two different routes for investment: one connecting the Mount Kumgang resort to Vladivostok while passing through the North’s port cities of Rason and Wonsan, and one linking Mount Kumgang and Wonsan