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North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn't open to most tourists
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but ...
South Korea's balloon crackdown hits anti-North Korea activists
The equipment activist Lee Min-bok uses to send balloons laden with anti-Kim Jong Un leaflets across the border from South ...
As North Korea opens new tourism resort, which foreign tourists is it hoping to attract?
Plans for North Korea's mega resort remain unclear, as the country is unlikely to fully reopen its borders and embrace ...
Inside North Korea’s vast new beach resort as Kim Jong Un bets on tourism
The Wonsan-Kalma beach resort is North Korea's biggest tourist site. Russia said Thursday it will send its first group of ...
North Koreans swim at huge new beach resort touted as boost for country’s tourism
North Korea has opened a vast new beach resort, the Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone, to its citizens, state media ...
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North Korea Unveils New Tourist Site—But Still Bans Tourists - The Daily Beast
The new site has space for 20,000 guests who may never turn up. ... In recent years, however, North Korea has been under strict lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Welcome to North Korea’s Benidorm
Wonsan-Kalma—which boasts 5km of beaches, cinemas, shopping malls, restaurants and 54 hotels—opened to North Koreans on July ...
North Korea will open its biggest tourist site next week, though it's not yet welcoming foreigners
Seoul, South Korea — North Korea next week will open a signature coastal tourist site that it says will usher in a new era in ...