North Korea says it has repaired a damaged destroyer and launched the ship in the presence of leader Kim Jong Un.

The same day, Young Pioneer Tours (YPT), another China-based agency, also announced the suspension of its tours to Rason, a ...

He arrived in the city of Rason on Feb. 20. (See the video at the top of this article.) FLIGHT PASSENGERS NOW PAYING PLANE TICKET TAX TO DEPART POPULAR TRAVEL DESTINATION ...

Rason has operated differently from the rest of North Korea since it was declared a special economic zone in 1991. It has been used as a testing ground for new economic policies, ...

Rason, established in 1991 as a special economic zone to attract foreign investment, was never as popular a destination as the capital Pyongyang, which remains closed to all but Russian tourists.

One of the guides explained: 'Rason is a special economic zone which invites foreign investment, so we have a lot of Russian and Chinese companies that are doing business here.

It's the late leader Kim Jong Il's birthday celebrations, and everyone's invited. For the first time in more than five years, foreign tourists can visit North Korea, albeit to the city of Rason ...

Rason, located in the northeast of the country near the borders of China and Russia, has rarely been visited by Western tourists. The area became the North's first special economic zone in 1991 ...

The Rason Special Economic Area, in the far northeast of the nation, is a mountainous region sharing land borders with China and Russia. It also has a seashore.

The group entered the country through China on their trip to Rason in the far northeast — more than 500 miles from the capital city, Pyongyang, which once welcomed occasional tourism groups, ...