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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but ...
State media says Wonsan-Kalma eastern coastal tourist zone can accommodate 20,000 people and is at the heart of leader Kim ...
North Koreans are swimming and playing at a new beach resort that the country is touting as a boost for tourism.
Kim Jong Un personally cut the ribbon on a new resort hailed by state media as a “national treasure-level tourism city” — a lavish seaside development set against what human rights observers describe ...
The United States extended its ban on travel to North Korea for the ninth year in a row, a federal notice showed, citing "imminent danger" posed by any trips to the authoritarian state.
North Korea plans to open its Wonsan Kalma tourist site in June 2025. Pyongyang could see the gigantic beachfront resort as a way to rake in foreign cash. But North Korea experts told BI it's ...
North Korea plans to open its Wonsan Kalma tourist site in June 2025. Pyongyang could see the gigantic beachfront resort as a way to rake in foreign cash. But North Korea experts told BI it's unlikely ...
The town is envisaged as a “socialist utopia” in North Korea and features new apartments, hotels, a ski resort and commercial, cultural and medical facilities. It “has turned into an example ...
NORTH Korea’s “capitalist city” is set to open and welcome tourists next week – with a packed itinerary that visitors are to strictly follow. The launch of the bizarre exper… ...
The Wonsan Kalma Beach resort, located near the city of Wonsan on North Korea’s northeast coast, has been under construction since 2018. Despite facing a series of setbacks, including a halt in ...
North Korea opened its borders to tourists in December 2024, and, according to government officials, in June 2025, ‘tourist city’ of Wonsan Kalma, a large resort on the east coast of the ...
North Korea is set to open a long-awaited luxury beachfront "tourist city" later this year on the Kalma peninsula as the "first big step" to developing the country's tourism industry. The resort ...