We have just been informed that North Korea’s spectacular Arirang Mass Games will be taking place once again this year. The officially confirmed dates so far are from August 1st – September 9th (Sept 9th is DPRK’s National Day, a major holiday in North Korea) but we do expect the dates to be extended as [...]
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Presented by Simon Cockerell of Koryo Tours these two fascinating documentaries on North Korea tell some of the most fascinating stories to come out of this enigmatic country. Simon will give some background information on the film and answer any questions after the screening
Where: The Apartment, [...]
Koryo Tours is proud to present for the second year running our totally unique and revolutionary tour to the Magadan region of Russia; the far North east and a place almost never visited by tourists – abandoned towns and an amazingly well preserved ghost city visited for the first time by tourists in 2011, camping [...]
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We have just been informed that we can accept more applications for the tours that we are running over April 15th, the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korean eternal president Kim Il Sung(our partners define this period as being between April 7 -20). We have been given the deadline of February 28th [...]
New Travel Opportunity in North Korea!
Unique and exciting chance in travel to the most unique areas in the country – Let the adventure begin!
Koryo Tours is proud to once again be the first and only company to offer an all-new tourism opportunity for anyone wanting to go and see some of the more remote parts [...]
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) -Cologne says its has signed North Korea striker Jong Tae Se from second-division side Bochum.
The Bundesliga club did not disclose how much it paid for the 27-year-old forward or the length of the contract.
Jong, who is called Chong Tese in Germany, will step in for the injured Lukas Podolski who was ruled [...]
North Korea Novels
While the TV and movie world have been going gaga of late over adaptations of crime novels ranging from the Inspector Wallander books, Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, the various Holmes revivals and so on those of us with an eye on the North Korea novel scene can still hope for a film or [...]
In a bit of a meta-post I’d like to list some of the finest NK – related blogs that we here at Koryo Tours think are worth reading by anyone interested in anything DPRK, here they are in no particular order; bookmark them all!
NKEconWatch – run by the very knowledgeable and personable Curtis Melvin this [...]
After earning a degree in tourism, I joined Koryo Tours in April 2011. My job is to arrange North Korean visas so tourists can get in and out of the country, and this past August, I finally got to go myself. Along with Koryo Tours General Manager Simon Cockerel and a host of international travellers, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »My name is Cornelia, I am the newest staff member with Koryo Tours. Together with Amanda and Jasmine I am in charge of our independent tours. Today I want to tell you about a group tour though, the Winter Tour 2011, our last group tour of the year and my first trip ever to DPRK.
We [...]
