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 [...]

Dear All,
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 [...]

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 April 16th Koryo Tours had the honour of taking the first group of tourists ever to attend a domestic football match in North Korea, something we have been trying to do for years finally coming to fruition! The match in question was part of the Mangyongdae Prize Cup tournament that takes place every April [...]