Posted in February 12, 2011 ¬ 7:20 amh.
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, here, here, and on this blog also.
There is also another art exhibition running in Hawaii at the East-West Center
If you are in the vicinity of either of these exhibitions do go and have a look – the artwork is simply stunning.
Posted in January 11, 2011 ¬ 7:39 amh.
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 winter scene linocuts from Bonner’s private stock, never before exhibited. For more information on Koryo Tours or travel to North Korea, see www.koryogroup.com
British-run Koryo Tours has a 17 year history of running tours to the DPRK and is universally recognised as being the only experts in the field, trust us to take you in, around, and out of the most mysterious and least visited country in the world, contact us now for more details and we look forward to hearing from you
Best regards,
Koryo Tours
www.koryogroup.com
info@koryogroup.com
Posted in December 23, 2010 ¬ 6:11 amh.
We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy Christmas and New Year; we hope 2011 brings all you wish for. Just in case what you’re wishing for is a trip to North Korea this message may come in handy; if you’re planning your break already then why not consider this trip? It’s ideal for those looking to make a break from the middle kingdom during this hectic time
Chinese New Year Holiday Tour (Feb 3 – 7/8)
All details and full itinerary:http://www.koryogroup.com/travel_Itinerary_2011_1.php
This winter trip is affordably priced and includes the highlights of Pyongyang, as well as the Demilitarised Zone and the nearby city of Kaesong. We’d be glad to have you along on this tour of course and if you’re at all interested please drop us a line for any information you may need at any time. Hope you can make it for the first tour of the year of the bunny
We do of course have tours over all the other major Chinese holidays too and will mercilessly promote those via newsletter in the coming months, in the meantime our full list of tours for 2011 can be found online at: http://www.koryogroup.com/travel_groupTours.php
All tours are open to US citizens as well as (nearly) everyone else; Discounts available for students, families, groups, and children too. We can guarantee a trip you’ll never forget, something to make your holiday stories second-to-none and the envy of all who squandered their precious holidays on a trip to Hainan.
Join us..you know you want to.
info@koryogroup.com
British-run Koryo Tours has a 17 year history of running tours to the DPRK and is universally recognised as being the only experts in the field, trust us to take you in, around, and out of the most mysterious and least visited country in the world, contact us now for more details and we look forward to hearing from you
Best regards,
Koryo Tours
www.koryogroup.com
info@koryogroup.com
Posted in December 23, 2010 ¬ 6:02 amh.
The Game of Their Lives
VeryMuchSo Production and Koryo Tours in conjuction with Passion Pictures and BBC4. Dan Gordon (Director/Producer) Nicholas Bonner (Associate Producer)
‘The greatest sports story never told’
-Ron Gluckman, Asian Wall Street Journal, Jan 2002
In 2003, ‘The Game of Their Lives’ won the Royal Television Society award for best sports documentary, received a nomination for Best Historical Documentary at the Grierson Awards, a nomination for Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Awards, won first prize at the Seville Film Festival and the 2004 Refracting Reality Documentary Film Award at the Seattle International Film Festival.
Film Trailer: http://www.koryogroup.com/about_films.php
Please contact us for any further details: info@koryogroup.com
Please contact us with any questions regarding tours to North Korea, we are more than happy to answer any questions you may have and will be sure to reply to all enquiries promptly. Koryo Tours has spent 17 years building strong and lasting relationships with our partners in Pyongyang and we give you the best travel experience to North Korea. We are recognised in guide books and the travel industry as the only true specialist in travel to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Let us take you to the most mysterious country in the world…
Travel to the DPRK (North Korea) with Koryo Tours
Koryo Tours Website: www.koryogroup.com
Email: info@koryogroup.com
Posted in December 23, 2010 ¬ 5:52 amh.
A State of Mind
VeryMuchSo Production and Koryo Tours in conjuction with Passion Pictures, BBC4 and ARTE . Dan Gordon (Director/Producer) Nicholas Bonner (Associate Producer). ‘A State of Mind’ is an observational documentary film following two North Korean schoolgirls and their families in the lead up to the Mass Games – the biggest and most elaborate human performance on earth. The film was broadcast on BBC4 and ARTE in June 2004.
“You have to understand, no one has ever been allowed to see, let alone film, what you are witnessing”
-North Korean advisor to film crew
“The footage of the games is magnificent but it is the insight into Korean lives that is breathtaking. A beautiful film”
-Sunday Times
“Coolly observed and well filmed, it builds into a thought provoking picture of that bizarre nation, and culminates in an extraordinary finale…deserves to win awards”
-The Radio Times
Film Trailer: http://www.koryogroup.com/about_films.php
Please contact us for any further details: info@koryogroup.com
Please contact us with any questions regarding tours to North Korea, we are more than happy to answer any questions you may have and will be sure to reply to all enquiries promptly. Koryo Tours has spent 17 years building strong and lasting relationships with our partners in Pyongyang and we give you the best travel experience to North Korea. We are recognised in guide books and the travel industry as the only true specialist in travel to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Let us take you to the most mysterious country in the world…
Travel to the DPRK (North Korea) with Koryo Tours
Koryo Tours Website: www.koryogroup.com
Email: info@koryogroup.com
Posted in December 23, 2010 ¬ 5:43 amh.
Crossing the Line
VeryMuchSo Production and Koryo Tours in conjuction with Passion Pictures, BBC4 and ARTE. Dan Gordon (Director/Producer) Nicholas Bonner (Co-Producer). Our most ambitious documentary and the most amazing of stories… if this was fiction it would be unbelievable: CROSSING THE LINE is now available on DVD.
In the 1960’s, four US soldiers serving in the Korean Demilitarised Zone embarked on an extraordinary journey. At the height of the Cold War, this unlikely band of brothers crossed the most heavily fortified area on earth and defected to DPRK. No-one knew why they did it.
For nearly 40 years their life was hidden from the outside world.
Not even the US government knew their fate.
Only one remains in DPRK.
This is his story.
Film Trailer: http://www.koryogroup.com/about_films.php
Please contact us for any further details: info@koryogroup.com
Please contact us with any questions regarding tours to North Korea, we are more than happy to answer any questions you may have and will be sure to reply to all enquiries promptly. Koryo Tours has spent 17 years building strong and lasting relationships with our partners in Pyongyang and we give you the best travel experience to North Korea. We are recognised in guide books and the travel industry as the only true specialist in travel to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Let us take you to the most mysterious country in the world…
Travel to the DPRK (North Korea) with Koryo Tours
Koryo Tours Website: www.koryogroup.com
Email: info@koryogroup.com
Posted in November 17, 2010 ¬ 7:30 amh.
Koryo Tours Film Screening
Crossing the Line, North Korea Documentary by Koryo Tours
Sunday, December 12, 2010, 8pm
Dada Bar, 115 Xingfu Lu near Fahuazhen Lu and Pingwu Lu, across from Huashan Park, Changming district, Shanghai (Tel: 150-0018-2212 / 150 0018-2208)
Entrance: Free
Koryo Tours joins Dada in presenting Crossing The Line, the third of three Koryo documentaries about life in the world’s most mysterious country. In 1962, a U.S. soldier sent to guard the peace in South Korea deserted his unit, walked across the most heavily fortified area on earth and defected to the Cold War enemy, the communist state of North Korea. He then simply disappeared from the face of the known world. He became a coveted star of the North Korean propaganda machine, and found fame acting in films, typecast as an evil American. He uses Korean as his daily language. He has three sons from two wives. He has now lived in North Korea twice as long as he has in America. At one time, there were four Americans living in North Korea. Today, just one remains. Now, after 45 years, the story of Comrade Joe, the last American defector in North Korea, is told.
You can find Crossing the Line Trailer at: http://www.koryogroup.com/about_films.php
Let us take you to the most mysterious country in the world…
Travel to the DPRK (North Korea) with Koryo Tours
Koryo Tours Website: www.koryogroup.com
Email: info@koryogroup.com
Posted in November 15, 2010 ¬ 10:32 amh.
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. Paekdu, Mt. Chilbo, Chongjin, Wonsan, Hamhung, Lake Sijung, and Outer Kumgang. There are also 3 different tour length options available to give you even more choice. See our website for more details http://koryogroup.com/travel_groupTours.php
Posted in November 15, 2010 ¬ 10:24 amh.
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 a tour within these dates in order to have a travel experience like no other. See our website for a full list of tours available as well as independent tour options http://www.koryogroup.com/travel_tours.php
Posted in May 4, 2010 ¬ 12:08 amh.
Until recently, American tourists had only been allowed into North Korea during the Mass Games for a maximum 4-night stay. Fortunately in 2010, everything has changed – we can now welcome US citizens on both group and independent tours all year around (we took US citizens on our group tours in February and March, and can confirm these changes are in effect). Check out our complete list of tours and travel options at http://www.koryogroup.com/travel_tours.php and see what’s new!
