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 [...]
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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 [...]
After earning a degree in tourism, I joined Koryo Tours in April 2011. My job is to arrange North Korean visas so tourists can get in and out of the country, and this past August, I finally got to go myself. Along with Koryo Tours General Manager Simon Cockerel and a host of international travellers, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »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 [...]
Latest update on Arirang Mass Games 2011:
If you see the Arirang Mass Games twice on your tour, your seat will be upgraded without extra charge!
Literally no other place on Earth has anything comparable and it has to be seen with your own two eyes to truly appreciate the scale on display – sometimes even seeing [...]
Mass Games 2011 dates are confirmed to run from August 1st throughout to September 9th 2011 on every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 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 [...]
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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 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »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 [...]
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