The Pyongyang Marathon | Running in North Korea (Official Koryo Tours Video)
In 2015 Koryo Tours brought an unprecedented number of amateur runners to participate in the Pyongyang Marathon in North Korea's capital.
For every runner registered with Koryo Tours we donated money to our current humanitarian project, delivering food packages to North Korean orphanages.
To register for 2019 please email pyongyangmarathon@koryogroup.com and see sample itineraries here:
Koryo Tours is the World's Leading (DPRK) North Korea Travel Specialist. To book a tour, and find out more about our cultural and humanitarian work, check out our website and social media!
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This is our third collaboration with filmmaker Matt Hulse, other films by Matt Hulse for Koryo Tours:
Koryo Tours | About Koryo Tours, the Experts in Travel to North Korea (DPRK)
Visit North Korea with Koryo Tours — the experts in travel to rather unusual destinations.
► Our mission: to facilitate responsible tourism to the world’s most isolated and least understood countries while encouraging people-to-people engagement through travel, culture, sport and humanitarian projects.
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Visit North Korea with Koryo Tours
Film director Matt Hulse documents his travel to North Korea on a Koryo Tours trip to the DPRK.
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Timelapse Drive Through Streets of Pyongyang, North Korea
A drive from the Mansudae Art Studio to the Juche Tower after a last minute itinerary change on the Mid September Tour! Followed by sunset as captured out the window of the Yanggakdo Hotel. Music: Chollima on the Wing 천리마 달린다 by the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble
Koryo Tours is the world's leading DPRK (North Korea) travel specialist, for more information please look at our website: or email info@koryogroup.com
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'Enter Pyongyang', a time-lapse video of the North Korean capital
Travel to Pyongyang, North Korea, in time-lapse with Koryo Tours.
Koryo Tours is the world's longest running and leading tour operator for travel to North Korea. We used its over two decades experience working in North Korea to secure JT Singh and Rob Whitworth unprecedented access to make 'Enter Pyongyang', this truly breathtaking piece of work.
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►Koryo Tours now takes more Western tourists to North Korea than any other company and is a firm believer in responsible tourism, which includes raising money for charitable causes within the country, and participating in significant cultural engagement projects, such as taking Middlesbrough Ladies football team to Pyongyang in 2010 with the backing of the British Embassy in the DPRK.
►The tour operator’s parent company, Koryo Group, has also made three award-winning documentaries about North Korea: 'The Game of Their Lives'; 'A State of Mind'; 'Crossing The Line'; and the feature film 'Comrade Kim Goes Flying' (
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Koryo Tours have been leading tours to the DPRK (North Korea) since 1993, and are now the world's leading travel specialist to DPRK. We take more than 2,000 people to this extraordinary destination every year, catering for all interests and budgets!
We also offer extensive tours to other destinations, including Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
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►ABOUT ROB WHITWORTH: Rob Whitworth (robwhitworth.co.uk) is a prominent urban filmmaker. He is responsible for creating awe-inspiring videos that reveal locations in a powerful and compelling manner. The instantly identifiable style of his work has gained widespread critical acclaim, and received over five million online views. During 2014 Robert has been working on a number of major projects, including shoots for the upcoming 'One Planet' series for the BBC Natural History Unit, and a viral video of Barcelona. Originating from the UK, Robert gained his first-class honours degree in Photography from Norwich School of Art & Design. He is currently based in Shanghai.
ABOUT JT SINGH Toronto-born JT Singh (jtsingh.com) is a leading place-branding pioneer, creative director, global urban explorer and economic strategist focused on cities. He is the co-founder of Thrilling Cities (thrillingcities.com), which is the only exclusively place-oriented branding and creative agency in the world.
Koryo Tours | Visit North Korea for the PYONGYANG MARATHON
Visit North Korea for the Pyongyang Marathon!
The 2019 Pyongyang Marathon took place on Sunday 7 April at Kim ll Sung stadium. Join Koryo Tours for one of the most unique and fascinating marathons out there in 2020.
Koryo Tours is the the official travel partner of the Pyongyang Marathon for amateur foreign runners. Visit North Korea and run the full marathon, half marathon, 10 km, 5 km races, or watch from the stands of Kim Il Sung Stadium with tens of thousands of North Koreans.
► Registration for the Pyongyang Marathon - also known as the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon - is ongoing!
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A Tour of North Korean Architecture in Pyongyang
The architecture of Pyongyang is one of the DPRK's highlights.
In any socialist regime, architecture plays a key part in the process of building up a new social and political environment following revolutionary events. The total destruction of Pyongyang during the Korean War gave Korean architects and construction workers a clean slate from which to build a perfect socialist capital anew, and they seized upon that opportunity with relish.
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Buildings and monuments featured in this video:
Juche Tower
Monument to Reunification
Ice Rink
Mansudae Grand Monument and Korean Revolution Museum
War Victory Monument
Ministry of Agriculture
Mansudae Art Theatre
Grand People's Study House/Kim Il Sung Square/Korean History Museum
Grand People's Study House (Lecture Hall)
Worker, Farmer and Intellectual Monument (in front of Juche Tower)
Samjiyon Grand Monument
War Victory Monuments/Ryugyong Hotel
Monument to Party Foundation
Pyongyang Railway Station
Ryugyong Hotel
Koryo Hotel (diagram)
May Day Stadium (diagram)
Arch of Triumph
Koryo Hotel
Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace
Assembly Hall (interior)
Grand People's Study House (interior -- central hall)
Koryo Tours | A trip to Sinuiju, North Korea (DPRK)
The North Korean border town of Sinuiju is located just 900 meters across the Yalu river from its Chinese counterpart, Dandong. While most tourists who exit the country from the train will have passed through Sinuiju, it was only opened for Western tourists to visit from May 2013.
Highlights of a day in Sinuiju include a visit to the city's statue of a youthful President Kim Il Sung (built to commemorate his visit in 1945 to deal with a student riot), the provincial Revolutionary Museum, mosaic murals depicting the country's leaders, the Tower of Immortality and the city Kindergarten, famous nationwide for training the performers who do the complicated unicycling and skipping in one of the most memorable scenes in the Arirang Mass Games.
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Run in North Korea with Koryo Tours!
On May 1st, 2013 Koryo Tours became the first company to ever stage a charity fun run in North Korea. The route saw almost 50 runners go from the former site of the USS Pueblo right along the Taedong River in central Pyongyang. May 1st is a national holiday in DPRK, one of the few where citizens have no social obligations, it is simply a day off.
The Fun Run has raised just over EUR 2000 which will be used to buy powdered milk for an orphanage in Nampo. This is a precious and necessary commodity and we, and the orphanage, are very grateful to all who contributed.
We are still running in North Korea each year at the annual Pyongyang Marathon each April. For more information about the Pyongyang Marathon, check out our website and social media:
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An Average School Day for a North Korean Student | Pyongyang College of Tourism
For several years, Koryo Tours has worked with eduction consultant Ronny Mintjens to help improve English and the ability of future tour guides to communicate with foreigners
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Learning North Korean in the DPRK (North Korea), Pyongyang
In this brief video clip the Departures crew and Koryo Tours director Nicholas Bonner visit a secondary school in the DPRK (North Korea) and learn a little bit of Korean. There is also a little learning exchange. See what they encountered and what happens in detention!
Filmed in 2009 and broadcast first in 2010 this program was part of the third series of the Departures television program in which two Canadians embark on a globe-trotting journey to some of the most interesting places in the world. Their trip to North Korea, accompanied by Koryo Tours' Director Nicholas Bonner was filled with so much broadcastable material that two programs rather than the usual one were produced from the adventure.
Learn more about Koryo Tours, the world's leading specialists for travel to North Korea. Check out our website and social media for the latest updates from North Korea!
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The Official Pyongyang Marathon Video - The Road to Pyongyang, North Korea
Run the annual Pyongyang Marathon, held each year in April on the streets of the North Korean capital.
Koryo Tours is the official travel partner of the Pyongyang Marathon for amateur foreign runners. Run full marathon, half marathon, 10 km, and 5 km races.
Find out more about British travel company Koryo Tours and one of the most unique marathons in the world!
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For this video we teamed up with filmmaker Matt Hulse to produce a mash-up between rarely seen DPRK feature film Marathon Runner and the musical stylings of North Korea's first boy band, the Pyongyang Gold Stars.
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Koryo Tours | Take a ride on a Pyongyang trolleybus with Koryo Tours
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Pyongyang is still served by some vintage trolleybuses, which take you through the city centre at street level and provide fantastic views of the capital. Many locals use these trolleybuses every day.
A ticket costs just 5 Korean Won - less than 1USD and the same price as the Pyongyang Metro, the cheapest and deepest metro system in the world!
A trolleybus ride in North Korea is not a regular tourist activity and Koryo Tours have exclusive access. Because of this, taking a trolleybus ride in North Korea is only available on certain tours. Please contact us for more information.
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Run the Pyongyang Marathon and visit North Korea with Koryo Tours
The 29th Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon (a.k.a. the Pyongyang Marathon) took place on April 10 2016 with the highest ever number of foreign amateur runners participating.
The next Pyongyang Marathon is scheduled for April 7, 2019. See here for more details:
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Koryo Tours | North Korean Film: PYONGYANG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TEASER - Hong Kil Dong
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North Korean Film: Pyongyang International Film Festival Teaser - Hong Kil Dong.
Some fun scenes from the North Korean film 'Hong Kil Dong' and the filming locations in North Korea.
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Koryo Tours | Pyongyang Metro Part 1: What is the Pyongyang Metro Really Like?
The Pyongyang Metro is one of the most famous sights in North Korea's capital, resplendent with socialist art and design. It is also the deepest and cheapest in the world.
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► Koryo Tours | Pyongyang Metro Part 2: Explore the Pyongyang Metro with Koryo Tours
► Koryo Tours | Pyongyang Metro Part 3: Creating the Stunning Socialist Art:
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We also offer extensive tours to other destinations, including Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
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Koryo Tours | Visit North Korea with Sir Michael Palin and Koryo Tours
Koryo Tours and Channel 5 spent two years arranging the documentary 'Michael Palin in North Korea'.
► Visit North Korea with the former Monty Python comedian turned world traveller in this two-part documentary. Sir Michael Palin had unprecedented filming access in the DPRK through Koryo Tours!
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Tour of the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea
Join me as we tour the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Filmed September 7, 2015
Visiting North Korea With Koryo Tours
Ever wondered about or thought about visiting the reclusive North Korea? Beijing-based Simon Cockerell of Koryo Tours gives us the low down and asnwers to many frequently asked questions about visiting North Korea. He has visited the country about 150 times and few foreigners know the nation as well as Simon or his company.
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Mass Dance in North Korea at Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang
Koryo Tours was in Pyongyang for the May 1st holiday in 2015 to see the return of the old-style mass dance featuring thousands of participants in Kim Il Sung Square.
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