As you may well know by now, April 15th this year was the biggest holiday in recent North Korean history, and Koryo Tours and our customers were lucky enough to be on the ground as it all happened. Following the failure of the rocket/satellite launch a few days before the event, the North proceeded to [...]

Nick and I visited the DPRK with a group of 30 to be in Pyongyang for the celebrations of the birthday of Kim Jong Il on February 16th which has now been given an official name – The Day of the Shining Star (Kwangmyongsong Chol). Kim Il Sung’s birthday on the 15th April has been [...]

People are always curious what the food is like in the DPRK – here are 2 posts from a Japanese tourist who recently visited about his culinary experiences whilst there.
The first post is about a technique of cooking clams that is very much unique to North Korea – at least to the West Coast anyway. [...]

Recently one of our tourists from the cycling tour – Brunold Loidl – visited the DMZ from the ROK side. Here is his interesting comparison:
Yesterday I did the DMZ tour from Seoul. It was really surrealistic to sit in same room as with the cycling group, just walking in by the other door [...]

On 6th September, 24 tourists from 10 different countries and 4 Korean guides embarked on the first ever cycling tour in the DPRK.
Cycling Day 1: Pyongyang-Nampo – this was the first cycle of the trip and a great success. We did 30km along the empty highway – 2.5 hours. Initially we had been told [...]

Simon has just returned from a 4 week trip through Russia where he explored the little-visited area of Magadan – he will be posting his experiences and pictures from the trip very soon so stay tuned.

Part of Nick’s extensive DPRK art collection is being shown at the University of Toronto Art Centre – the first exhibition of North Korean art in Canada. It showcases a beautiful collection of woodprints and linocuts – most of which have never been seen before outside the DPRK. You can read more about it here, [...]

Next year, for the first time ever, we are offering a tour to the DPRK which lasts 16 days and covers almost all that tourists are able to go and see in the country. The tour, which will run in September 2011, will visit Pyongyang, Nampo, Kuwol, Sinchon, Sariwon, Kaesong, Mt. Myohyang,  Mt. [...]

The dates for the 2011 mass games have been confirmed as running from August 1st to September 9th. We do not yet know if the show will continue on into October as it usually does so we advise anyone who is keen to see and experience this unique and spectacular show to aim at booking [...]