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North Korea increases imports of beach resort goods as part of tourism revival drive
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 29, 2025
Published: 29 Jul. 2025, 18:01 Updated: 29 Jul. 2025, 18:29 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI A screen capture from Korean Central Television (KCTV) shows crowds of workers visiting the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area, which is...
North Korea opens new beach resort to locals but bans foreign tourists
Africanews
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Last updated: 21 minutes ago Foreign tourists remain barred, with Pyongyang announcing a ban last week despite earlier praise from leader Kim Jong Un, who called the resort “one of the greatest successes this year.” But the scope of the ban...
North Korea Says Kim-Trump Ties Are ‘Not Bad’ but It’s Not Giving up Its Nuclear Weapons
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 29, 2025
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed the US's intent to resume diplomacy on North Korea’s denuclearization, as she urged Washington to accept her country as a nuclear weapons state and find a new approach to restart...
North Korea says Kim-Trump ties ‘not bad’ but it’s not giving up its nuclear weapons
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 29, 2025
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dismissed the US's intent to resume diplomacy on North Korea's denuclearisation, as she urged Washington to accept her country as a nuclear weapons state and find a new approach to restart...
N. Korean workers at Chinese fisheries surrender 90% of wages to state
Daily NK
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July 28, 2025
A new investigation reveals that North Korean workers dispatched to Chinese fisheries were forced to surrender 80-90% of their wages to the state, receiving only 10-20% for living expenses. Seafood produced through what amounts to forced labor has...
North Korea's beach umbrella imports surge 47-fold as resort opens
Nikkei Asia
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DALIAN, China -- Imports of beach umbrellas and pool equipment into North Korea surged during the first half of this year, coinciding with the opening of a seaside resort in the country. The total value of beach umbrellas imported into North Korea...
For Moscow, the North Korean Alliance With Russia Takes a Turn
38 North
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July 29, 2025
(Source: Korean Central News Agency) The three-day visit earlier this month of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the North Korean coastal city of Wonsan marked a noticeable intensification of a strategic relationship between the two...
North Korean officials check Russian tourists' temperature upon arrival
Daily Star
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July 28, 2025
A Russian passenger jet landed in the capital of North Korea, according to flight tracking data. It was the first commercial flight, which landed at Pyongyang’s Sunan International Airport on Monday (July 28) morning, between the two countries in...
Russians can now get direct flights from Moscow to... North Korea
The Journal
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July 29, 2025
A PASSENGER PLANE from North Korea has landed in Moscow, the first direct commercial flight from North Korea’s capital to Russia’s in decades as the two countries deepen ties. The Boeing 777 aircraft, operated by Russia’s Nordwind Airlines, flew...
North Korea deployed up to 30,000 troops to Russia, Western diplomat says
The Kyiv Independent
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July 28, 2025
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a welcoming ceremony upon Putin's arrival in Pyongyang, early on June 19, 2024 (Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/AFP) North Korean troops had fought alongside Russia...
Nordwind 777 opens first connection between Russian and North Korean capitals
FlightGlobal
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Russian carrier Nordwind Airlines has become the first to connect Moscow with the North Korean capital Pyongyang in nearly eight decades of diplomatic relations. Nordwind carried out the 27 July flight from Moscow Sheremetyevo using a Boeing...
WHAT WAR BEGAN 75 YEARS AGO?
Alabama Gazette
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August 2, 2025
If you don’t know the answer to this question, or even if you had to think about it for awhile, you’ve proven my point: The Korean War (June 1950 – July 1953) is America’s forgotten conflict. Of all the memorials on the Washington Mall, the Korean...
Russia Resumes Direct Flights To North Korea After 30 Years, Boosting Trade And Tech Ties
ABP Live
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July 29, 2025
Seoul, July 29 (IANS) Russia's Natural Resources minister has visited North Korea for a meeting on trade and technology cooperation, travelling aboard the first flight of the resumed direct air route between Moscow and Pyongyang, state media...
1st Direct Flight From North Korea Lands In Russia; Boeing 777 Aircraft Connects Pyongyang & Moscow
The Eurasian Times
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July 29, 2025
A passenger plane from Pyongyang landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Tuesday, the first direct flight from the North Korean capital to Moscow in decades as the two countries deepened ties. The Boeing 777 aircraft, operated by Russia’s...
North Korea ignores recent troop deaths, tempers anti-US message on war holiday
NK News
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July 28, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a series of public appearances over the weekend to mark the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Korean War, as a military march and concerts in Pyongyang celebrated the sacrifices of soldiers who fought in the...
Historic First Direct Flight from Moscow to Pyongyang Lands in North Korea
Pravda.ru
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July 29, 2025
Historic First Direct Flight from Moscow to Pyongyang Lands in North Korea On July 29, 2025, the first-ever direct passenger flight from Moscow to Pyongyang touched down in the North Korean capital, marking a symbolic milestone in strengthening...
Russia's Resources Minister Visits North Korea On First Direct Moscow-Pyongyang Flight
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, July 29 (IANS) Russia's Natural Resources minister has visited North Korea for a meeting on trade and technology cooperation, travelling aboard the first flight of the resumed direct air route between Moscow and Pyongyang,...
South Korea eyes tourism growth and potential reopening of individual tours to North
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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July 31, 2025
South Korea’s tourism rebounds with 8.83 million visitors as government considers resuming individual North Korea tours to ease inter-Korean tensions. South Korea recorded a significant rebound in inbound tourism in the first half of 2025,...
Russian schoolchildren thank Kim Jong Un for chance to vacation in North Korea
TASS
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July 29, 2025
SEOUL, July 29. /TASS/. Russian schoolchildren have written a letter to the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, expressing thanks for the opportunity to spend time at a children’s camp in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Korean Central...
Trump exodus. Travellers of all kinds avoiding the US, going elsewhere
Michael West Media
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August 1, 2025
Australian visitors to the US in June were down 11% on the previous year, following a similar collapse in visitors from other countries of nearly 12% in March. Andrew Gardiner reports. When corporates and academics cut back in uncertain times,...