North Korea opened its doors to international tourists after a gap of five years. However, three weeks on, Rason, a city near the country’s border with China, has abruptly stopped tourism, according to multiple media reports.

North Korea has once again closed its borders, suspending foreign tourism just weeks after the secretive state welcomed its first Western visitors in five years.

Western tourists had three weeks to experience North Korea - which has remained closed to travellers from non-allied states - before it was shuttered again without warning

Tourists from Singapore can only visit North Korea as part of organised tours conducted by 10 agencies pre-approved by the North Korean government. None of these agencies are in Singapore; most are based in Russia or China and there is one in Australia.

A small group of foreign tourists has visited North Korea in the past week, making them the first international travellers to enter the country in five years except for a group of Russian tourists who went to the North last year.

North Korea has stopped tourists from visiting, just weeks after the first Western tourists entered the country for the first time in five years. North Korea sealed itself off at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020,

Tour group operators say the North Korean city of Rason has been closed to foreign visitors, following a recent trip there by 13 international tourists. View on euronews

North Korea has stopped tourists visiting weeks after reopening its borders to westerners for the first time in five years. Travellers from the West were allowed into the country in February after Pyongyang continued to lift restrictions introduced during the Covid pandemic.

North Korea has abruptly suspended the entry of foreign tourists after reopening foreign tourism for the first time in about five years due to Covid-19, according to tour agencies Thursday.