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 [...]

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 [...]

This is part one of  “Traditional Korean Food”
Bibimbap which literally means “mixed meal” is served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with vegetables, a raw or fried egg, chili pepper paste and sometimes sliced meat. The ingredients are stirred together just before eating.

Pansanggi, a traditional Korean meal that consists of several small bowls [...]