WASHINGTON DC – North Korea’s national airline Air Koyro has launched a new website, inviting overseas visitors to book their flights to and from Pyongyang for three destinations in China and Russia, despite North Korean citizens themselves still being denied access to the internet.

Previously famed for being the world’s only one star airline, Air Koryo was deemed so unsafe that it was banned from flying in European airspace under EU law. But since 2007 Air Koryo has been making a significant effort to rebuild its brand, purchasing two ultra-modern TU-204 aircraft, renovating Pyongyang’s Sunan airport, and even buying