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A tourist visa typically comes in the form of a blue travel paper stating "tourist card" (Korean: 관광증; MR: kwankwangchŭng) and bearing the country's official name (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) in English and Korean, which is stamped by North Korean customs instead of the passport. The travel paper is taken away upon exiting the ...
Most visitors to North Korea must obtain a visa in advance from one of the North Korean diplomatic missions. [ 1] All visitors holding ordinary passports (except South Korea) must obtain a visa prior to entering North Korea. All visitors (except citizens of South Korea) who travel to North Korea for tourism purposes require prior authorization ...
Human-rights discourse in North Korea has a history that predates the establishment of the state in 1948. Based on Marxist theory, Confucian tradition, and the Juche idea, North Korean human-rights theory regards rights as conditional rather than universal, holds that collective rights take priority over individual rights, and that welfare and subsistence rights are important.
North Korea will reopen one city to foreign tourists in December after nearly five years of border closures due to the Covid pandemic, according to tour operators. At least two China-based ...
August 14, 2024 at 10:43 AM. North Korea is to reopen limited international tourism by the end of 2024, nearly five years after it completely sealed the country’s borders due to the Covid-19 ...
August 14, 2024 at 7:44 AM. By Ju-min Park. SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will resume international tourism to its northeastern city of Samjiyon in December, and possibly the rest of the country ...
McCune–Reischauer. Kukka Kwan'gwang Ch'ongguk. State General Bureau of Tourist Guidance (formerly State General Bureau of Tourism; Korean : 국가관광총국) is a North Korean state agency that organizes tourism in North Korea. [1] [2] Foreign tour operators have to work closely with the bureau; [2] its staff accompanies all tours of ...
August 16, 2024 at 3:36 PM. North Korea will resume international tourism to its northeastern city of Samjiyon in December, and possibly the rest of the country, tour companies said on Wednesday ...