Country Info
- P'yongyang
- Capital
- North Korean Won (KPW)
- Currency
- 21,968,228
- Population
- KP
- Country Code
North Korea Slideshow
Top Hotels in Korea Dem Peoples Rep
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Koryo Hotel Pyongyang
22 reviews -
Pothonggang Hotel Pyongyang
5 reviews -
Ryanggang Hotel Pyongyang
11 reviews -
Sosan Hotel Pyongyang
8 reviews -
Yanggakdo Hotel Pyongyang
80 reviews
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Youth Hotel Pyongyang
3 reviews
Korea Dem Peoples Rep
Travel Blogs from Korea Dem Peoples Rep
Misty Mountains and Little Brown Soldiers
This is a top pick! ... buses, some 90 foreigners in all, and waiting outside my bus, I chattered absently with a tour guide, distracted by the North Korea soldier standing a few metres away, and mesmerized by the portrait of Kim Il Sung--still head of state 12 years after his ...
Hiking In The Hermit Kingdom
This is a top pick! ... foreign investment in North Korea, Hyundai's Kumgangsan tourist region is one of Pyongyang's highest currency generators. Despite North Korea's devout anti-American sentiment, the US dollar rules in Kumgangsan. Whisked from the hotel compound and onto a ...
Dark Side Of The Earth
This is a top pick! ... visit to the DMZ and the hiking tour of Kumgangsan, the next stop is Pyongyang. Why am I so fascinated by North Korea? I'm not ideologically sympathetic. I find Kim Jong il and his regime repellent. It's more about my own curiosity and desire to know. ...
Encounter With The Kims
This is a top pick! We honestly thought nothing of it, even though we probably should have. The mural looked warm and inviting, so harmless and fascinating, exposed as it was under bright lights in the dark evening, and we were drawn to it like moths to a flame. Aside from ...
In-depth exploration of Seoul airport
This is a top pick! I would have liked to spend more time on the ground in Seoul, the capital of Korea. But as things turned out, I was only in Korea for a few hours, and all of that time was spent at the airport. Not only was our plane from HK late in departing, we also ...
Hangin' with Kim Jong Ill
This is a top pick! I tried to hug a North Korean border guard but I got shot. Rather rude, I thought. The North-South Korean border is still the most heavily fortified border in the world with upwards of 500,000 soldiers guarding it at any given time. I took ...
Nowt wrong with been Northern….
... it as what could they be telling me after I’d just read of a possible enemy attack and possible death. A briefing followed about the Korea war and I was told there are many active land mines so do not go off track. It was a very strange place ...
Jeju Island
Hello!!! hope all of you are doing great...Ian and I are doing well, we just started our 9th month, and it's crazy how time flies. Ian and I took a trip to Jeju Island last weekend. Jeju Island is a Korean semi-tropical island off ...
Hamhung, North Korea
South Korea is a very small, seemingly peaceful country. It takes up roughly 46,540 square miles. Filled with tall, majestic mountains, and steep valleys, it is a beautiful sight to see. The ...
Axis of Evil, Country Nr. 114
... haben wir unsere beiden Guides getroffen, ein Mann (Mr. Lee wollte er genannt werden) und eine Frau (sie durften wir mit dem Vornamen anreden, Ann Hui). Den Flughafen haben wir erst kurz nach 15oo verlassen (1h spaeter als in China), so dass wir nur ...
DMZ
... the North Koreans that might precipitate an international incident! I'll be brief, but we were actually allowed into North Korea and the negotiation rooms. We heard quite a few wild stories about incidents - fights between soldiers, axe ...
Adios to Asia!
... days to recover. Having said that, Ladakh (the destination) was easy place to do just that. I am now in Seoul, South Korea (only for five days). I stood on the sidewalk today and attempted to process the extreme contrast between Seoul and Delhi. Among ...
Back to Pyongjang
Hallo zusammen, am morgen sind wir wieder zurueck zum Flughafen gefahren, wo unsere Antonov auf uns wartete (sie war natuerlich nicht zurueckgeflogen). Unsere Fuehrerin meinte dort ganz von selbst, das der Ausflug "it was strange" war (es war ihr ...
Leaving the DPRK
... durften auch in den Hotels uebernachten, inkl. dem guten in Pyongyang, obwohl sie in Pyongyang wohnen). Die Blicke aus dem Zug waren nicht uebermaessig interessant, allgemeine Vermutung das es einen Korridor gibt in dem es besser zugeht. Unser ...
Airport of Seoul - 6:30 PM
Okey, I lucked out. I've got 4 seats only for myself on the flight. It's amazing what you can do with 3 extra blankets and pillows. 15 hours and I didn't even felt it. I slept all my way through, and the screaming child behind me really didn't bother ...
Crossing the Border!
Today we visited the DMZ and the freedom village right on the border between north & south Korea. We had to show passports twice and be accompanied by soldiers all the time. We had to dress conservatively, the conservative dress meant i couldn't even ...
Chilbo-San in the Northeast
... Wetter war so ziemlich die ganze Zeit in Nordkorea wunderschoen, da hatten wir gutes Glueck. Unser lokaler Fueher von Korea Chilbo-san International Tours Company, einer Tochter von Korea International Tours Company (KITC), sprach kein englisch hatte ...
April and May in Korea
Hello everyone, hope all of you are doing well. Ian and I are still having a good time in Korea. We are almost finished our 7th month...time flies....only 5 to go then we will see all of you again. This entry is ...
Melanie's visit to South Korea
... of shopping. Well, that was Mel's visit in a nutshell. It was great having her here and showing her our life in South Korea. Also, Ian bought a scooter, which has been and convenient so far. Enjoy the pictures! Love Mel and ...
Pyongyang, October 9, 2008, Thursday
... on. I copped a copy of a large-size, luxuriously printed monthly, titled simply "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", sporting a huge picture of a military parade with thousands of meticulously ordered soldiers on a square probably somewhere in ...
Myo Hyang san, October 15, 2008, Wednesday
... hall. At least four of those were „Mercedes“ limousines. In fact, I am inclined to believe that, proportionally, North Korea may easily have not only more steam trucks and ox carts, but also „Mercedeses“ on its roads than any ...
Pyongyang, October 13, 2008, Monday
... ;three charters“. The Monument was inaugurated on August 15, 2001 to mark the 56th anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. The three chapters in question are the North Korean reunification programme, as laid out ...
Pyongyang, October 10, 2008, Friday
... around seventy thousand, it was said to have taken in as many as one hundred thousand on occasions. Whether Pyongyang and North Korea really needed two behemoths like that back-to-back was, of course, another question. But such questions aside, they were ...
Pyongyang, October 15, 2008, Wednesday
... of Korea, represents the working class of Korea. The peasant woman holding a large sheaf of rice in her arms symbolises North Korea’s fast advancing peasantry. When it was time for us to leave this spot, it was actually still rather early. On some ...
Pyongyang, October 10, 2008, Friday (continued)
... , so I couldn't check what else there was around. I settled for watching people. Which was always fun. Particularly here in North Korea. From somewhere we started hearing music. It wasn't on the fun fair grounds. Somewhere from outside, rather. Well, the ...
TV Star
Anyon hashimigga, am ersten vollen Tag in DPRK (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) haben uns die Guide noch geschont, es ging erst um 9:00 los. In Nordkorea bluehten auch noch Kirschbaeume... Erster Stop war das Juche Denkmal, welches die ...
The great leaders birthday
... von Nordkorea (also nicht auf Lebenszeit sondern auf ewig). Anschliessend sind wir zu einem Maertyrerfriedhof gefahren, wo wir uns vor dem Grab seiner Frau verbeugen durften bevor wir dann endlich zu einer Fun Fair gingen, eine Kirmes. Dort gab es ...
Automaton
... und das Wasser war hier in der Badewanne statt in einer Tonne) etwas vorgesungen. Es gab hier erstaunlicherweise Sushi neben dem nordkoreanischen Essen und das ging weg wie geschnitten Brot... (keine Aufnahmen von dem Sushi, den sonst haette ich nichts ...
Catch Me If You Can ;)
... ground and keep their country separated. During this time it is believed that over 200,000 North Koreans crossed the border and entered S.Korea. The DMZ was created by the United Nations in 1953 following a cease fire of the Korean War. This is the line ...