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Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families
North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government said Thursday, as it continues to eliminate symbols of engagement between the war-divided rivals.
Resort that hosted war-separated families being dismantled by North Korea, Seoul says
North Korea is dismantling a facility at its Mount Kumgang resort used for hosting meetings between families separated after the Korean War, South Korea said on Thursday, in the latest sign of strained tensions between the two Koreas.
North Korea destroys family reunion centre in 'inhumane act', Seoul says
North Korea is demolishing a venue that for decades hosted tearful reunions of families separated by the Korean War and the division of the country, Seoul said Thursday, decrying the
North Korea dismantling facility near border for separated families, Seoul says
Seoul's Unification Ministry, which handles affairs between the two Koreas, issued a statement urging North Korea to immediately stop the action at the site near the border
Seoul voices regret over North Korea’s ‘dismantlement’ of family reunion facility
The center acted as a beacon of humanity and reconciliation, hosting five family reunion events between September 2009 and August 2018
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Summary of domestic news in North Korea this week
The following is a summary of domestic news in North Korea this week. ------------ Overseas tour agents enter N. Korea for 1st time in 5 yrs amid resumption of foreign tourism SEOUL -- Foreign tour ...
The Independent4d
North Korea opens up to tourists after five years with tours to little-known port city
North Korea ... of northern city Rason, with activities including a hike on Mount Shahyang, a boat trip to see seals and a visit to the Rason School Uniform Factory. North Korea’s borders ...
France 2429d
Travel agencies say North Korea reopens border city to tourism
Beijing (AFP) – Tour operators said Thursday that North Korea had reopened a border city to foreign tourists, five years after Pyongyang sealed its frontiers in response to the Covid-19 pandemic ...
NBC News10d
North Korea reopens to tourists just in time for late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday
For the first time in more than five years, foreign tourists can visit North Korea, albeit to the city of Rason, one of the secretive communist state's least visited places. Koryo Tours ...
The Daily Telegraph8d
You can now book a tour of North Korea for £586, but there’s a catch
The tourist office in North Korea’s northeastern city of Rason, the only part of North Korea where capitalism is promoted Credit: AFP via Getty There is a casino which is primarily ...
Anadolu Ajansi11d
North Korea reopens touristic border city 5 years after COVID-19 pandemic
North Korea has reopened its touristic border city of Rason near China after it was closed in 2020 at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a tour operator. "There has been news that ...