The tourists are likely the first to visit the isolated country in years, since strict lockdown procedures were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A group of Russian tourists arrived in Pyongyang on Friday, AFP reporters saw, the first known foreign tour group to visit nuclear-armed North Korea since before pandemic-linked border closures.
A group of Russian tourists arrived in Pyongyang on Friday, AFP photos and video showed, the first known foreign tour group to visit nuclear-armed North Korea since before pandemic-linked border closures.
Seoul: A group of Russian tourists headed to North Korea from Vladivostok airport in Russia’s Far East on Friday, likely the first foreign travellers from any country to enter the isolated state since the pandemic.
The tour underscores deepening cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, following a meeting last September between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin