The Best Attractions In Samjiyon

Inside the new Pyongyang Sunan International Airport in North Korea

The new terminal is open from 1 July 2015. The airport is the Air Koryo HUB, is equipped with 12 check-in counters and three jetways, there is a duty-free store, cosmetic, electronic and book shops, coffee bar, restaurant and a VIP Lounge.
The airport have 2 runway in concrete: 01/19 3,800m and 17/35 3,200m.

North Korea's Arirang Mass Games has a new message

Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang aka Arirang Mass Games aka Arirang Festival — Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korea's Mass Games, a mass gymnastics and arts festival, has resumed after a five-year hiatus. Having once won the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest gymnastics performance in history, the Mass Games can provide unique insight into the world's most secretive nation - and this year's show brings some surprises.

Unlike previous years, this year' arirang performance had no mention of missiles, typically a point of pride for North Korea. Instead, North Korea chose to highlight technological advances using a drone display. Messaging in the parade referred to peaceful coexistence throughout the show.

Mount Paekdu, DPRK (North Korea)

Short clip of Mount Paektu (also spelled Mt. Paekdu) This is considered the place of origin of Koreans, thus a sacred place in Korea. Part of it is located in China and the other part in DPRK (North Korea).

You can see a full description on Mount Paektu in our following section:



Many South Koreans actually go to the Chinese part.

We can now arrange day trips to Mount Paekdu regularly as regular flights from Pyongyang are arranged (whereas before it was necessary to charter a whole plane!). The best time to go is August/September.

Please check our link on internal DPRK flight schedules for more details of flights that can be made within North Korea:



Do please check with us beforehand if you are interested in a day trip to Mount Paekdu as we always need to confirm availability and see if there are any changes in the schedules.

We can also arrange trips on the Chinese side of the mountain.

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North Korean Smartphone

During a visit to North Korea, we ask our minder if we can check out her smartphone. It turns out, the phone is running on Android 4.2 (Jellybean). It even has a Google Drive app icon (which got us all excited), until we discovered that they just ripped off the icon for a completely different Screensaver Themes app.

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Impressions from the DPRK (North Korea)

Highlights from our North Korea Tour 2010

Entering North Korea On Foot - 2/3

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Border guards don't like to be filmed, yet I managed to tape me walking from China into North Korea - halfway through the video you can see a Chinese border guard arguing with another group member, which allowed me to pass undetected - eat that, John Sweeney! Part 2/3, 720p, unedited. Part 1 will show me walking from the Chinese border station to a final passport control, the third part shows me walking up to the North Korean passport control... Super rare material, as far as I know we were the second Western tourist group ever to enter North Korea on foot from Tumen, China!

Lift and View in Yanggakdo Hotel Pyongyang North Korea September 2013

Koryo Tours Marathons | The Pyongyang Marathon

Short clips of scenes from the Pyongyang Marathon.
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View of Pyongyang from the 32nd floor of the Koryo Hotel

View of Pyongyang from the 32nd floor of the Koryo Hotel on 14.07.2012.
Sorry for the shaking but I had to lean out of the open window in the 32nd floor to film the futuristic Ryugyong Hotel

Flying the World's Oldest Passenger Jet (East African DC-9-14)

Nairobi to Kisumu and back onboard FLYSAX/FLY540 DC-9-14 5Y-XXA

This airplane is currently the oldest passenger jet in service (over 50 years old)