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North Korea to Reopen Borders for International Visitors, Starting December 2024

North Korea to Reopen Borders for International Visitors, Starting December 2024

North Korea will partially reopen its borders for international tourism by December 2024, allowing travel to Samjiyon and other locations after nearly four years of closure due to COVID-19.


North Korea to Open New Resort Tourism Site in 2025 Despite Foreign Tourist Ban

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Wonsan-Kalma tourism site, which opened in May 2025, despite the ongoing ban on most foreign tourists entering the country.

South Korea Bans North Korean Pop Song Praising Kim Jong Un

South Korea’s media regulator has banned the North Korean pop song ‘Friendly Father,’ claiming that it, and the accompanying music video, was "linked to psychological warfare" against the government in Seoul.

North Korea Is Making Efforts to Increase Koryo Medicine Production Despite Significant Risk

North Korea is making efforts to expand its Koryo medicine production. North Korea is making efforts to expand its Koryo medicine production. The Asian nation is now shifting toward domestically manufactured or produced products, especially in the medical sector, after recently emphasizing the need for greater economic independence.


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South Korea fired several warning shots at a suspected North Korean drone on Wednesday. The incident took place at DMZ, in a border between the countries, a week after North Korean nuclear test.
Socialist democratic China historically backs socialist North Korea in latter’s economic and political missions. North Korea has announced successful testing of hydrogen bomb on Wednesday last. Long time friend China this time joins the US fearing regional destabilization through the neighbor’s dreadful nuke tests.
China seeks to disarm North Korea nuclear weapon. Beijing has initiated dialogue with South Korea after North Korean conducted its fourth nuclear test on Wednesday.
North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a "monkey" and blamed Washington on Saturday for Internet outages it has experienced during a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures.
North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Tuesday, a U.S. company that monitors Internet infrastructure said.
Despite its poverty and isolation, North Korea has poured resources into a sophisticated cyber-warfare cell called Bureau 121, defectors from the secretive state said as Pyongyang came under the microscope for a crippling hack into computers at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The government of North Korea under Kim Jong-un appeared to be purging close allies of disgraced political leader and family member Chang Song-thaek as the former orders its business people in China to come home.
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