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 [...]

Even among the select travellers who have ventured into North Korea, Rajin-Sonbong (Rason) remains a mystery…a remote area (even by DPRK standards) that shares a northern border with China and Russia and not possible to enter from North Korea proper. Rason sees almost no tourists at all (literally not one western tourist in 2009!) but [...]