Articles tagged “north korea”

Fancy a trip to North Korea's seaside resort town?

If you have North Korea on your travel bucket list, expect the planning to be complicated and your visit to be like a school field trip.

Facing sanction challenges from the West, Russian tourists might just find a potential tourist destination in North Korea.

It will be interesting to see whether American and United can continue discounting to the degree they've been doing now that Hurricane Harvey has added vigor to already-rising fuel prices. With the likes of little Norwegian Air bringing its low fares across the Atlantic, this promises to likewise raise blood pressure levels in legacy airline boardrooms.

The death of a young American illustrates the continuing risk for niche operators committed to taking travelers to remote and risky parts of the world, including North Korea. They’re called risky for a reason.

We are all for travel to off-the-beaten track places, but the timing of this tour appears to be a little dicey. And, the events tied to the tour would serve as a propaganda win for a renegade regime. If any Americans veterans decide to go, please leave your dog tags at home.

No; North Korea is controversial destination and Kim Jong-un’s vision of foreigners flocking to his resort is as misguided as the rest of his regime.

It's easy to build a massive ski resort quickly when you have lots of slave labor at your beck and call. Of course, considering North Korea's economic state Kim Jong-un won't have to wait in line at the resort once it opens.

Seems a bit foolhardy and irresponsible on the agency's part at this stage, if you ask us.