North Korea may have resumed operations of some international flights, but tour operators have been left guessing about when foreign tourists will be allowed to return to the country.
North Korea may be known as the hermit kingdom, but the isolated nation could be edging toward opening its borders to small numbers of tourists for the first time since the pandemic. In late August, flights on North Korea’s national carrier Air Koryo resumed services between the capital Pyongyang and Beijing, China, and Vladivostok, Russia, for the first time since January 2020, signaling that a wider reopening may be in the pipeline.
In 2017, the United States banned its passport holders from traveling to North Korea and has renewed this ban through at least 2024. In a government memo issued at the time, the US urged potential travelers to consider that money from tourism in North Korea goes to the Kim regime and its practices. “It is entirely possible that money spent by tourists in the DPRK goes to fund . We would urge all travelers, before traveling to the DPRK, to consider what they might be supporting,” said the memo.
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