North Korea to reopen for tourism

Tour operators say North Korea will reopen one city to foreign tourists in December after nearly five years of border closures due to the Covid pandemic. We speak to our reporter in the region and hear from those who have travelled to North Korea as a tourist in the past.

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Presenter: Lukwesa Burak.

(Photo: Airplanes with the North Korean flag. Credit: Getty)