A Dutch consultancy firm has announced that it is organizing a trip to North Korea for foreign journalists, stating that its DPRK partners asked it to start making preparations for what would likely be the first press mission to the country since the pandemic began.

Paul Tjia, the founder of GPI Consultancy, wrote in an email sent Monday that the trip is planned for April 29 to May 7.

“We have been organizing press missions to the DPRK on a regular basis and our last trip took place in September 2019,” the email reads. 

“The country is still closed