Months after holding a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has opened North Korea to international tourists since closing the borders due to COVID-19 in May 2020, per reports by local Russian news outlets.
According to Russian news agency TASS, Russian tourists will be among the first to visit North Korea for ski trips since it shut its border due to the pandemic. Several tourists from Russia's far eastern region of Primorye will be travelling to the country's east coast. It is being done under an agreement between the Russian and North Korean authorities.
