After years of strict border closures and travel restrictions, North Korea appears to be taking steps toward reopening to foreign tourists. North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID ...

Maltijae Pass is a long, winding road in Boeun-gun, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Photograph by Jun Michael Park, National Geographic While Seoul and Busan are as modern as cities come, ...

North Korea's brand new international tourist landmark is a "brilliant fruition of the profound thinking" and a "world-class cultural resort" with slides, pools and definitely no food shortages. This ...

Inside Travel launches Korea by Rail, connecting South Korea from capital to coast, powered by the expanding high-speed ITX ...

Last October, a video of tanned, blond Russians relaxing on a North Korean beach went viral. That beach is in Wonsan, on the Kalma peninsula — a stretch of North Korea's eastern coast now home to ...

A mix of policy changes and digital culture has propelled Shanghai to become one of Korea’s most talked about destinations, ...

The resort is expected to open to North Koreans on July 1, and there has been talk of expanding access to certain nationals Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since 2025. He has ...

A group of Western tourists were treated to a surreal performance of North Korean schoolchildren dancing and singing against a backdrop of animated ballistic missiles during the first officially ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) New York Office is enhancing its 2025 "Korea Now: All You Imagine" campaign with an exciting new partnership with ...

The seminar, organized by the Israel Government Tourism Office (IGTO) in Seoul, brought together around 200 influential ...