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In August 2014, Uri Tours received permissions for a film crew from Globo, Brazil’s largest broadcasting network, to shoot a sports documentary in North Korea. We organized a week long trip throughout the DPRK and arranged exclusive interviews for Globo’s [...]

We are sorry to announce that the DPRK Marathon Committee has tentatively canceled foreign participation in the Pyongyang Marathon for both amateurs and professionals. The Marathon Committee made this decision due to the uncertainty over when the government will [...]

You’ve booked a trip to North Korea. Now let’s get packing!

What to bring

Comfortable Clothes
As a tourist, there is no specific dress code and you’re free to wear whatever is comfortable. However, North Korea is a [...]

Update: 2016 Pyongyang Film Festival will be held on September 16 to 23, 2016. We’re taking official film submissions. Contact us at [email protected] if you want to enter your short or feature film.

Sadly, “The Interview” may be the only [...]

A couple of years ago, we visited the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, a university privately founded by foreign educators in the outskirts of Pyongyang. We organized an official university recognized trip for Columbia SIPA to the DPRK and [...]

1. PYONGYANG MARATHON 2015

Last year 2014 was the first time EVER that the Pyongyang Marathon, a bronze-level IAAF race, opened its doors to foreign amateur runners. Foreign professional runners were able to register, through an obscure government to [...]

Nampo 남포시 is a port city on the western coast of North Korea located in the South Pyongan Province, 50 minutes away from Pyongyang. Here are its tourist attractions:

Nampo beach

Stefan Krasowski, one of our tourists, snapped some cool [...]

Any trip to North Korea warrants a visit to the War Museum, officially known as the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum located in the heart of Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital city.

The museum was originally built in August [...]

This week, our DPRK Traveler Spotlight is on Thomas Shubbuck, an American teacher from Las Vegas currently living in Shanghai. He traveled with us to North Korea on one of our Shanghai – Pyongyang Direct Tours. See what he has [...]

UPDATE – 20 November 2014

In response to many inquiries we are receiving regarding Mr. Matthew Miller’s release, we are directing our readers to Mr. Miller’s exclusive interviews with The Guardian and [...]

What You Need to Know about the April 11, 2021 Pyongyang Marathon

WHO CAN RUN:

Almost anyone can run in the amateur marathon alongside professional runners.

It’s not possible to register for the race on your own. You will need [...]

UPDATE: February 24, 2015:
Unfortunately, we’ve received a confirmation from our DPRK partners that the 2015 Arirang Mass Games are cancelled. It doesn’t look like a revised version will take place this year either. On the bright side, we’re [...]