AFP via Getty Images Its course ran through the landmark of central Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital city, and into the countryside and back to the stadium. Participants were able to run a 5k ...

North Korea reopened to Russian tourists in January 2024 and allowed visitors from other countries to enter the eastern city of Rason ... got foreigners into the capital – but as athletes ...

SEOUL, April 17 (UPI) --North Korea warned Thursday it would respond ... Pope Francis died Monday morning in the Vatican City, less than a day after greeting a huge Easter Sunday gathering of ...

North Korea has held the Pyongyang International Marathon for the first time in six years, welcoming some 200 foreign runners to the streets of the reclusive country's capital. The marathon, which was ...

She joined Newsweek in January 2023, having previously worked as a reporter at the Daily Express, and is a graduate of International Journalism at City ... capital, Pyongyang. It is North ...

North Korea is a highly centralised totalitarian ... rules when taking visitors around Pyongyang, the country's capital city. These include a tour-guide-to-tourist ratio, whereby every tourist ...

North Korea held its first Pyongyang International Marathon in six years on Sunday, with hundreds of runners taking to the streets of the capital and citizens cheering them on.

It's a stark reminder of North Korea’s totalitarian grip ... But for Pyongyang, the North Korean capital city, waking up has a whole different tone to it. Every morning at exactly 6 AM, the ...

SEOUL, April 15 (UPI) --The United States deployed B-1B strategic bombers over the Korean Peninsula in joint air drills with South Korea, Seoul's military said Tuesday, the latest show of force by ...

North Korea on Sunday is holding its first Pyongyang ... It allowed some Russian tourist groups into the country but its capital still remains closed to regular tourism. The marathon is a return ...

North Korea has been slow to reopen since, allowing only Russian tourists into its capital since last year ... participants past landmarks across the city, including the Kim Il Sung stadium ...

AFP Seoul: North Korea held its first Pyongyang ... taking to the streets of the capital and citizens cheering them on. Foreign athletes had arrived in the city ahead of the running contest ...