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 [...]

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 [...]

| The Game of Their Lives   &    Friends of Kim |
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, [...]

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 [...]

April 15th 2012 marks North Korea’s biggest celebration in decades – the 100th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, who, despite his death in 1994 is still the country’s ‘Great Leader’ and ‘Eternal President’.
This historic day will see epic events and the completion of large-scale national programmes, all furthering what North Korean media calls the [...]

On Sunday 24th July Koryo Tours is pleased to present the Shanghai premiere of the Canadian Travel Documentary Departures: North Korea. Filmed in 2009 and broadcast first in 2010 this program was part of the third series of the Departures television program in which two Canadians embark on a globe-trotting journey to some of the [...]

On April 18th this year participants in Koryo Tours; Kim Il Sung Birthday Long Tour had the pleasure to be among the audience for the world premiere of the Grand Magic Show which took place in Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium; the scene of the Arirang Mass Games and one of the largest stadiums in [...]

Koryo Tours, the planet’s leading North Korea travel specialists invite you to get a glimpse of another culture without ever leaving Shanghai. This month, Koryo is showing their award-winning documentary, The Game of Their Lives, which chronicles  the 1966 World Cup’s “greatest sports story never told”, when the underdog North Korean football team defeated the [...]

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, [...]

What:             Koryo Studio’s latest exhibition, ‘Cold War Winter’
When:             Wednesday, January 12, 2011.
What time:    7pm-9pm
Where:           Koryo Tours Office
Exhibition:   Runs through March
Entry:             Free (art is for display only)
Owner of Koryo Tours Nick Bonner has one of the world’s most extensive collections of North Korean art. This month, Koryo Studio is proud to present the best in Pyongyang’s [...]