North Korea is set to welcome foreign businesspersons to its biggest international trade fair this fall, according to an event partner, despite having barred external participants from the previous spring edition at the eleventh hour earlier this year.

DPRK-focused travel agency Young Pioneer Tours (YPT) announced in a press release on Sunday that the 17th Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair (PITF) will take place as previously scheduled from Oct. 27 to 31, and invited interested foreign businesses to sign up for the tour.

The event, organized by the Korea External Economic Exchange Association, is expected to feature some 450 domestic