The secretive state is reopening to the world after five years – here’s what tourists can expect on the strict, five-day itinerary Greg Dickinson is an award-winning journalist with 15 years of ...

As the prospect of a political deal over North Korea starts to look tantalizingly real, the question naturally arises: what next? The lifting of economic sanctions by itself won't transform the North ...

North Korea has opened a large new pub called the Tumen River Beer House in Rason, a key land gateway to Russia, according to the state-run Korean Central Television (KCTV). KCTV recently reported ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Multiple Western travel agencies that organise tours to Rason, a city that lies near North Korea’s border with China, had posted ...

Rason, the oldest and largest of North Korea’s 29 economic development zones, has been central to the country’s push to attract foreign investment. It has one of North Korea’s first and biggest ...

Tomas Novotny has been in North Korea two days, and he looks frazzled. It was a long journey from Prague, and standing on the street in downtown Rajin, his government minder by his side, he can ...

A Chinese tour agency specializing in North Korean tours has opened bookings for travel programs to North Korea's northeastern city of Rason, scheduled for February through April, its website showed ...

What the West Misses About China’s Nuclear Build-up The North Korean free trade zone of Rajin-Sonbong isn’t sparking a revolution. But it’s a key starting point. In 1991, the North Korean government ...

If Pyongyang is North Korea's showpiece city – albeit an empty and forbidding place – then the country's interior is something else altogether. In this desolate city 800 kilometres from the capital, ...

A China-based tour agency specializing in North Korean tours has opened bookings for travel programs to North Korea's northeastern city of Rason, scheduled for February through April, its website ...