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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hyung-Jin Kim

North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort

North Korea Tourism - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

North Korea is suspending the entry of foreign tourists to a recently opened mega beach resort, a move that dims prospects for the complex that leader Kim Jong Un hailed it as “one of the greatest successes this year.”

DPR Korea Tour, a website run by North Korea’s tourism authorities, said in a notice Wednesday that the eastern coastal Wonsan-Kalma tourist complex “is temporarily not receiving foreign tourists.” It gave no further details including why a ban was established or how long it would last.

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