Chinese citizens have voiced mixed views on North Korea’s new Wonsan Kalma beach resort that opened this week, with online comments ranging from awe at the tourism zone’s scale and expressions of a desire to visit to derision and mockery of the ruling Kim family.

The online response to the resort’s long-delayed opening comes amid questions around when Chinese tourists, historically the largest group of foreign visitors to the DPRK, will be able to return to the country — and whether they will even be interested in trips to Wonsan Kalma if given the opportunity to visit.

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