North Korea reopens the city of Rason to tourists

North Korea has reopened a city in the northeastern part of the country, near the borders with China and Russia, to foreign tourists, tourism operators announced today, Thursday 1/16, five years after the country was “closed” due to the pandemic. of Covid-19. In early 2020, the North Korean regime had decided to cut off access to the country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Trade with China has since slowly resumed, as have visits by official delegations, and North Korea last year allowed Russian tourists to travel there for the first time since the pandemic. Today, two tour operators operating in China and a fourth based in Spain said they have been informed of the possibility of foreign tourists re-entering North Korea’s northeastern city of Rason. The special economic zone of Rason, which borders China and Russia, is open “as of today”, […]
Source: News Beast

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