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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.
In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, international correspondent Anthony Kuhn talks about how he covers North Korea without ...
Take a flavorful night stroll through the energetic Myeongdong street food scene in Seoul, filmed in stunning 4K HDR. This popular market in the city’s heart is filled with grilled delights, sweet ...
A leaked Defense Intelligence Agency report has shed light on the impact of US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan - going against Trump's 'complete obliteration' claims ...
Some of North Korea's factories, mainly those producing weapons and ammunition, are operating at "full capacity," South Korea's then-defense minister, Shin Won-sik, said in February 2024.
The missiles were launched from Wonsan, North Korea’s eastern coastal city, around 8:10 a.m. (2310 GMT Wednesday) and flew up to 497 miles before splashing down in the sea, the military said in ...
The city of Hyesan, just over the river from China, once offered a glimpse of a more open North Korea. Now it exemplifies Kim Jong Un’s mounting authoritarianism.
Western tourists were allowed back into North Korea in February for the first time since Covid-19 pandemic - but only into the remote city of Rason.
North Korea opened its borders to a small group of Western tourists this week for the first time in five years. The travellers from the UK, Canada, Greece, New Zealand, France, Germany, Austria ...
Warmbier was detained in North Korea in 2016 for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster. He was released from prison in a vegetative state and died six days after returning home.