Between Friday 9th and Sunday 11th of March the DPRK was one of the countries participating in the FINA Diving World Series in Beijing’s iconic Water Cube (official name is the less-evocative ‘National Aquatics Centre’) . This Diving World Series is an interesting event; it is happening over four separate stages, in Beijing, Japan (happening at the time of writing), Kazan (Russia), and in Montreal. It involves both men and women, dives from various heights of boards, solo and synchronised dives, and participants from a range of countries including the UK, Australia, Russia, Ukraine, France, Germany, Malaysia, and more.
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Between Friday 9th and Sunday 11th of March the DPRK was one of the countries participating in the FINA Diving World Series in Beijing’s iconic Water Cube (official name is the less-evocative ‘National Aquatics Centre’) . This Diving World Series is an interesting event; it is happening over four separate stages, in Beijing, Japan (happening at the time of writing), Kazan (Russia), and in Montreal. It involves both men and women, dives from various heights of boards, solo and synchronised dives, and participants from a range of countries including the UK, Australia, Russia, Ukraine, France, Germany, Malaysia, and more.
Read full storyBREAKING NEWS! We're hearing word from multiple and different sources within the DPRK that the Mass Games will return in 2018!
Read full storyFrom the Archives // Hooray for Chollywood! // A Koryo Tours films on North Korea's Arirang Mass Games. VeryMuchSo Production and Koryo Tours in conjuction with Passion Pictures, BBC4 and ARTE
Read full storyFrom the Archives // An introduction to North Korea's Mass Games held between 2002-2013.
Read full storyFAQ // Frequently asked questions about the Pyongyang International Film Festival
Read full storyField Notes // Riding the rails in China’s industrial heartland.
Read full storyLiterary Central Asia // An ancient account of Osh.
Read full storyOne of the highlights of a recent visit to the Rason Free Trade Zone of the DPRK (in the far north, on the border with both Russia and China) our adventurous tour group who had travelled to this area from Pyongyang by local train (a tourism first! We will be offering this again in the near future) was invited to be the first visitors to the Rason Soft Drinks Factory – naturally we jumped at the chance.
Read full storySome commentary on a very curious phenomenon in the world of North Korea news coverage
Read full story'The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals' - Donald Trump, 'The Art of the Deal'
Read full storyHooray for Chollywood! // An updated 2010 post on the North Korean football film 'Centre Forward' from our archives
Read full storyTurn Back the Clock Thursday (on Friday) // See true 'rare glimpses' of northern Korea during the colonial era.
Read full storyTurn Black the Clock Thursdays // A short CNN report on the first American journalist to visit the captured ship.
Read full storyMarch 14 is your last chance to sign up for the Pyongyang Marathon on April 8!
Read full storyHooray for Chollywood | The early days of modern drama theatres and movie halls in colonial Pyongyang, 1910-1950.
Read full storyYanggak Island Discs // Some photos and clips from the concert held ten years ago today.
Read full storyYanggak Island Discs // A beautiful song from the new album by Hailu Mergia.
Read full storyGreat Lines of World Literature in North Korean Translation // The first lines of Margaret Mitchell's great southern epic in the original North Korean
Read full storyA Koryo Tours event at the House of Illustration in London.
Read full storyA Pyongyang Home Companion No. 14 // Golf in North Korea and the P.G.J
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