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North Korea holidays

October 2021

  • ‘Splashes of colour’ ... The country can be viewed as the Kim dynasty’s playground

    A peek behind the curtain: inside North Korea – in pictures

    Hong Kong native Ted Lau’s new book tries to understand everyday life in the ‘dystopian utopia’ of a totalitarian country shrouded in mystery

September 2018

  • Michael Palin in North Korea<br>Michael Palin in North Korea - Channel 5 Press publicity still Michael Palin standing next to a propaganda poster

    TV review
    Michael Palin in North Korea review – a soothing look at a despotic regime

    In the first of a three-part series, the avuncular ex-Python’s tightly controlled visit captures the strangeness of the country – but not how sinister it is

November 2017

  • ‘She was so confident and classy’ … Tančič’s shot of the visitor to the theme park.

    My best shot
    Matjaž Tančič's best photograph: a pink-hatted woman in Pyongyang Folklore Park

    ‘She looked back, saw the rulers’ portraits on the house, and knelt down. “I cannot be higher than the leaders,” she explained’

July 2017

  • US student Otto Warmbier died after being sentenced to hard labour in North Korea.

    US to ban citizens from travel to North Korea after Otto Warmbier's death

    State department cites safety concerns as it confirms news following death of US student who was sentenced to hard labor in the country

December 2016

  • North Korea in pictures

    North Korea network
    A tour around North Korea with three defectors – in pictures

    Former residents talk NK News through the everyday photos the regime allows the world to see

August 2016

  • A holidaymaker leaves a changing room at a beach near Wonsan on the east coast.

    North Korea network
    ‘People really open up in the summer’: the North Korean seasons - in pictures

    The cold leaves people subdued but as the weather warms up parasols and beer drinkers come out in force. Photographer Fabian Muir, a finalist in the inaugural Magnum photography awards, shares the best of his photos from the secretive state

November 2015

  • Minyong Kim<br>In this Oct. 9, 2015 photo, University of Illinois senior Minyong Kim, who has parlayed his resemblance to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un into a part-time hobby, part-time acting career, reacts with the Spike Squad during an Illinois/Penn State volleyball match on the university campus in Champaign, Ill. (Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

    North Korea network
    A life of luxury and adulation for Kim Jong-un impersonators

    Makeup, politics and the Grammys with Katy Perry – but imitators insist they do not intend to glorify the North Korean leader

October 2015

  • ‘Staying in North Korea will mess with your mind’

    Guardian world networks
    Totalitarian travels – by the man who's been to every country in the world

  • A North Korean soldier arrives to welcome foreign reporters and officials at the War Museum during a government-organised tour in Pyongyang.

    North Korea at 70
    How do I get … to North Korea

  • North Korean guards

    North Korea at 70
    Korea divided – a history in pictures

  • North Korean children finish a performance for foreign tourists to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Korean War.

    North Korea at 70
    Tourism or propaganda: how ethical is your North Korean holiday?

September 2015

  • Pyongyang architecture tour

    Urban eye
    Pyongyang: an architectural tour through the ages – in pictures

  • Koryo Architecture Tour April 2014

    The Pyonghattan project: how North Korea's capital is transforming into a 'socialist fairyland'

  • The week-long North Korea camp will be led by Nicola Zanella

    On the radar
    Surfin’ DMZ! Recce to discover North Korea’s best beaches

  • Four of the Slovenian band backstage rocking costumes traditional to the DPRK. Libach’s subversive look and sound made them a surprising booking

    North Korea network
    On tour with Laibach in North Korea – in pictures

August 2015

  • Hyeonseo Lee (Photo by Jaewon Lee)

    Why I love …
    My escape from North Korea: ‘I’m free to travel at last’

    Activist and author Hyeonseo Lee escaped North Korea in 1997 and, after living in China, settled in South Korea, where she’s found happiness – at a price
  • Pyongyang airport

    North Korea network
    North Korea's shiny new airport falls short of expectations

    After Air Koyro is declared the world’s worst airline, a visit to Pyongyang International suggests tourist facilities offer little improvement
  • On the ground … probably the safest place for Air Koryo's planes.

    Pass notes
    The world’s worst airline: fasten your seatbelts (if you can) for a flight on Air Koryo

    The North Korean carrier has come bottom of an annual league table for world airlines for the fourth time. No wonder it’s banned in the EU

July 2015

  • Surfing camp proponents say North Korea has pristine beaches, virgin waves and the potential to become an international wave-riding destination.

    Surf's up in North Korea as tourism expedition put its toe in the water

  • Pyongyang at rush hour, North Korea

    Instagram snapshots
    Instagram snapshots: 
Mindy Tan in Pyongyang,
 North Korea

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