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North Korea opened a massive beach resort on its east coast to the public, state-run media reported Wednesday, with Russian ...
For the first time since the global outbreak of Covid-19, researchers claim to have pierced North Korea’s ironclad information blockade to reveal how some ordinary citizens endured the pandemic.
SEOUL — North Korea, which has one of the poorest health-care infrastructures in the world, now claims it has done what few other countries have accomplished: eradicate the coronavirus. For days ...
The COVID-19 pandemic raged in North Korea for more than two years before Pyongyang officially acknowledged the spread of the virus in the country in 2022, a think tank report said Tuesday, debunking ...
In May 2022, North Korea, for the first time, officially recognized a confirmed Covid-19 outbreak. In August, Kim Jong Un “ declared victory ” over the outbreak, and in September, Kim ordered ...
Choi Jung-hun smiled as I read out the latest official Covid-19 figures from North Korean state media: fewer than 5 million cases of “fever” and just 73 fatalities – a fraction of the death ...
LONDON -- North Korea is set to partially reopen its doors to tourism later this year after being closed off since January 2020 at the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a ...
Kim Jong Un aims to draw foreign visitors with new Wonsan-Kalma resort featuring hotels, restaurants, and a water park, set ...
The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone was showcased by state media KCNA on Jun. 26. According to the BBC, the resort was ...