North Korea allows foreigner entry for first time since 2020

Visitors use binoculars to see the North Korean side from the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea. Foreigners will now be allowed to enter the country from Sept 25, 2023. - AP

SEOUL (Bloomberg): North Korea appears to be allowing entry for foreigners for the first time since it shut its borders at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, opening up a source of revenue that once provided the country with hard currency.

North Korea announced foreigners would be allowed to enter the country starting Monday (Sept 25), according to a report by China’s state broadcaster CCTV. Visitors will need to quarantine for two days, the report said. There was no immediate report in North Korea’s state media about the move.