April 23, 2024
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New North Korean travel company to offer foreigners medical tourism packages  

State-run hospitals to offer services such as breast tumor treatment, cataract surgery, dental implants: state media

A new North Korean travel company targeting foreign medical tourists has been established, ruling party daily the Rodong Sinmun reported Friday.

The Treatment Tourism Exchange Company (치료관광교류사) will work with the top government health bodies to offer foreign tourists the ability to receive surgeries and cosmetic procedures at top state-run hospitals, it said.

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