Even amid the grandeur of North Korea's Myohyang Mountain tourist area, where few Westerners have ever been allowed to visit, it's impossible not to gawk at him: a middle-aged North Korean ...

North Korea halts foreigners’ access to Wonsan-Kalma tourism zone, citing temporary suspension of official tourism ...

Breaking down the significance of North Korea-Russia partnership 04:11. Tourists will soon be able to travel once more to North Korea. According to two Chinese-based tour operators, the Hermit ...

North Korea’s borders have been closed since the government imposed COVID-19 border restrictions five years ago. In August 2024, North Korea said it hoped to send in the first Western tourists ...

"In North Korea, the poor live in penthouses rather than the rich, because lifts are often not working properly, and they cannot pump up water due to the low pressure," a 31-year-old who defected ...

This week, a splashy resort opened in the city of Wonsan on North Korea's eastern seacoast. The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area stretches across the 2.5-mile beach of the Kalma Peninsula. The ...

Taesung Village's 207 residents are the only people living inside the DMZ — the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. Soldiers escort farmers to and from their fields every day to ...

That North Korea, one of the world's poorest economies, ... North Korea's gross national income per capita was about 1,100 U.S. dollars, according to estimates by South Korea's central bank.

In North Korea, commercial banking was once seen as the ultimate capitalist institution. But under leader Kim Jong Un, it evolved into a topic of fascination and debate as the regime’s top ...