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Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll has written on North Korea since 2010 and writes between London and Seoul.
Chinese tourism to North Korea "increased dramatically" since the beginning of June, tourism industry insiders told NK News on Friday, with train and plane capacity both expanded significantly to accommodate the expanded demand.
The rise in interest is notable because it comes following two partial Chinese bans on tours to the North, one from November last year – after repeated DPRK missiles tests – and one after a catastrophic bus accident killed 32 Chinese nationals visiting the country in April.