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North Korea to welcome first foreign tour group in four years
North Korea is set to allow in its first organized foreign tour group since the pandemic.
A group of Russian tourists and skiers will visit next month on a four-day trip.
The tour will include a visit to capital Pyongyang and then to a ski resort at Masik Pass.
The tour has been sold and marketed by Vladivostok-based tour agency Vostok Intur.
News agency Tass said the trip was made possible by an agreement with Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of Russia’s Primorye region and North Korea officials.
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