Media: N. Korea ready to welcome first foreign tourists since 2020

A group from Russia may become the first tourists to be allowed to enter North Korea since the introduction of anti-pandemic border restrictions in early 2020, Reuters reports

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During the spread of COVID-19, North Korea imposed one of the strictest border regimes in the world and has not yet fully opened its borders to foreigners.

"The trip, advertised by an agency based in Vladivostok, was arranged when the Governor of Russia’s eastern region of Primorsky Krai, which borders North Korea, visited Pyongyang for talks in December," Reuters reported with reference to a Telegram message from the regional government.

The four-day tour starts on February 9th and will include stops in Pyongyang and at a ski resort.