But tourism to North Korea is contentious, especially as travellers have been allowed back before aid workers and most Western diplomats, including the UK's. Critics, including Joanna Hosaniak from ...

North Korea has stopped tourists from visiting, just weeks after the first Western tourists entered the country for the first time in five years. North Korea sealed itself off at the start of the ...

Travel groups offering adventures inside the Hermit Kingdom report that trips to Rason have been put on hold after the ...

that tours to Rason are currently paused," travel agency Young Pioneer Tours said in a notice on its website. Fellow travel agency Koryo Tours said "Rason is temporarily closed", with Beijing ...

This week, two Western tour operators — Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours (YPT) — and China-based KTG Tours announced the suspension of trips to the hermit state. "Just received news from ...

But on Thursday, Pyongyang allowed tour groups to visit the country's Rason Special Economic Zone, a region near the Russian and Chinese borders. On Thursday morning, Rowan Beard of Young Pioneer ...

SEOUL – When Mr Rowan Beard stepped into North Korea recently, his very presence sparked a buzz. “At first, the North Korean immigration official was like, ‘You Russian?’ and I replied ...

Young Pioneer Tours, a group that 'specialises in taking you to places your mother would rather you stay away from', advised holidaymakers to refrain from booking flights 'until we have more ...

None of these agencies are in Singapore; most are based in Russia or China and there is one in Australia. Beijing-based Young Pioneer Tours and Koryo Tours took one batch of tourists to visit North ...