Wonsan Introduction Wonsan is a city located on the east coast of the Korean peninsula and serves as the provincial capital of Kangwon province located in North Korea with approximately 325,000 residents making it the fifth largest city in the DPRK. Wonsan is most famous for its freshly caught seafood and long white beaches that […]

Wonsan is most famous for having the best beach and seafood in the DPRK. The beach itself stretches for over a few kilometers and is located right next to Tongmyong Hotel where we’ve organized your accommodation. Come join the locals for fishing, swimming, or beach games!

North Korea to raise prices and chnage currencies from the Euro to the USD, according to recent reports coming from both within and outside of the country. While the DPRK is not yet open to tourism, nor do we have any concrete information of when this might happen, we have been are being made aware […]

The foreign minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov has urged Russian tourists to visit North Korea following a two-day meeting in Pyongyang, where he also met Chairman Kim Jong Un. What was the meeting about? The meeting was for the most part about improving bilateral ties between the countries, increasing security amidst a perceived […]

There have been a number of erroneous reports that North Korea has now reopened to tourism, but this is not strictly true. In fact, North Korea has partially reopened to foreigners subject to quarantine measures. You can read our September DPRK travel update here. North Korea reopens to foreigners According to sources from within Korea, […]

Once again the subject of North Korea reopening has piqued peoples interest, with there country no longer 100% closed and people for all intents coming and going from the country. What does this mean in real terms though and can we expect the country to reopen soon? What has changed in North Korea? As we […]

As reported by YPT, as well as various other sources, changes have been made that have indicated North Korea will reopen at some point, but as previously reported this will not, initially at least, be for tourists. To sum up our previous article the Air Koryo fleet is currently being brought up to the standard […]

What are the North Korean websites? Although small in comparison to many other countries a number of North Korean government agencies have an online presence in Korean, and on occasion English. We have also included a few links to NGO’s, or people like Chongryon who are extremely close to the government of the DPRK North […]

Are tattoos allowed in North Korea? The short answer is that yes they are, and you will not be refused entry into the country, or to monuments if you have ink. Obviously there are some nuances to this that we will delve into later. This is actually a question we get asked a lot and […]

Join our Mount Kumgang adventure tour to the DPRK whilst the national celebrates their Party Foundation Day with mass dancing, possible fireworks and viewing the spectacular Mass Games. This festival marks the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea back in 1945 soon after World War II and is recognized as one of the more special […]