News and events

Air China opens Beijing-Pyongyang route
31 MARCH 2008. (Xinhua). An Air China Boeing 737 landed at Pyongyang Sunan Airport Monday March 31, launching the company's direct flight service from Beijing to Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Flights will take off from Beijing and Pyongyang every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Up to now, the Beijing-based Air China has served as the only foreign airline to offer scheduled flights to the DPRK.

Historic football match in Pyongyang between North and South (26 March 2008) Attention. The match was moved to Shanghai and ended with the result 0:0
14 JAN 2008. The DPRK (North Korea) will play against ROK (South Korea) in the regional qualifier for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa. The historic match will be held in Pyongyang at Kim Il Sung Stadium on 26 March 2008 (3 pm local time). Korea Konsult is offering an unique opportunity to attend this event by organizing a special tour for those who love football.

Trip details :

4 nights, 5 days in North Korea.

Tour itinerary: click here.

25 March 2008 (Tuesday). Flight Beijing-Pyongyang

29 March 2008 (Saturday). Train or flight Pyongyang-Beijing (the choice is up to you).

Price: 1190 Euro per person (all inclusive from Beijing)

Additional costs: visa fee, football tickets (20 Euro p/p), ev. single room supplement (30 Euro p/p per night).

Application deadline: 25 February 2008.

***Booking restrictions: all nationalities are welcome except USA, South Korea, Israel and journalists regardless of the nationality. This restriction is imposed by the Korean side, we apologize for the inconvenience.

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Mass Games are resumed, apply now! Visa processing time is shortened to 1 week
17 SEP 2007. Most damages caused by floods are now behind and Mass Games are resuming today in Pyongyang. They will be ending on October 10th, 2007 (Worker Party of Korea 62 th Anniversary). Visa processing time is shortened to 1 week during Mass Games period, so please apply before October 1 to be able to see the Games. Our last group tour in 2007 will be departing fom Beijing on Oct 9, and also it will be the very last possibility to see this unforgettable performance. So book now !

Mass Games are suspended until mid-September 2007
AUG 2007. Due to heavy floods, Arirang Mass Games are suspended until the mid-September 2007, however the exact date is not known at the moment of writing. We still accept bookings for our October tours.

Our website is now available in French!
JULY 2007.A new version of our website is now available in French. Enjoy the language of Voltaire. Please click here to go to the French version.

Update on US tours and Mass Games dates in 2007
MAY 2007. The DPRK has announced about new dates for Arirang Mass Games for summer/fall 2007. According to the last information, Mass Games will be hosted in Pyongyang between August 1- October 10. Attention! It is possible (but far away from being confirmed) that US citizens will be able to stay 4 nights in the DPRK instead of 3 nights announced before, however we are not changing any schedule for US tours before we know it for sure. We ask all US-citizens to be as flexible as possible with their travel dates.

We run the most unusual tour to the DPRK in September!
MAY 8, 2007. We are offering an exceptional occasion to join our special VIP-tour tour including quite a lot of new and rare places which are not shown for tourists during "normal" tours. Also, you will be eating in a higher level restaurants, best ones in the DPRK. And finally you will stay at the famous Koryo Hotel located in the heart of Pyongyang's downtown. Tour dates September 4-11. The space on this tour is limited, so please book as soon as possible. The detailed tour itinerary can be found here.

US tours during Arirang Mass Games 2007
MARCH 4, 2007. North Korea has announced that US citizens will be accepted into DPRK during Arirang Mass Games which will be hosted in Pyongyang between April 15th - May 15 and August 15th to October 15th 2007. Group and individual tours are available for bookings.

More details below:

Visas: will be obtained in Beijing only. Please make sure to arrive in Beijing at least 24 hrs prior your departure to the DPRK.

Tour length and itinerary: restricted to 3 nights, return flight from Beijing.

Tour itinerary: please click here

Tour dates (group tours):

a) May 5-8

b) August 18-21

c) September 8-11

d) October 6-9

Tour costs (group tours): 1450 Euro per person (shared accomodation).

Discounts: available for students and for groups of at least 3 persons booking alltogether.

Application deadline: 4 weeks prior travel, but it is recommended to book ASAP as we can not always guarantee flight seats for last minute applicants.

Payment: a tour deposit should be paid on booking.

More questions: please contact us!

Mass Games 2007 have been finally confirmed by the DPRK
MARCH 4, 2007. The DPRK has finally confirmed that Arirang Mass Games 2007 will be hosted in the North Korean capital Pyongyang during the period April 15th - May 15th as well as from mid-August to mid-October 2007. To find out more about Arirang Mass Games 2007 please click here.

Major Sport Events in North Korea in 2007
NOVEMBER 2006. 2005-2006 annual meeting of the International Ice Hockey Federation decided to host the 2007 IIHF World Women Championships (Div.II) in Pyongyang, the capital of the D P R Korea. According to The Korea Sports Fund, the upcoming championships will be held between March 17 and 23 and draw many women’s ice hockey teams from the D P R K, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Slovenia and Slovak. The D P R K team is among the top-notch teams in Asia.

Other international competitions  held annually in Pyongyang (Korea Sports Found)

• “Paektusan Prize” International Figure Skating Festival (February)
• “Mangyongdae Prize” International Marathon (April)
• The Pyongyang International Table Tennis Invitational Tournament (August)

Arirang Mass Games are cancelled
JULY 29, 2006. Due to heavy rains and difficult flood situation in the whole country, the DPRK has made the decision to postpone Arirang Mass Games until the next spring. Unfortunately this means that American citizens who planned to visit the DPRK this year won’t be able to do that. All “non-American” tours are going to run as planned.

China Southern starts flying to Pyongyang
MAY 2006. China Southern just announced that they are resuming their Beijing-Pyongyang
flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, beginning May 1, 2006. China Southern will be using Boeing 737s for flights to the DPRK unlike the North Korean Airline Air Koryo flying now on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and using Russianbuild Tupolev aircrafts. According to statistics provided by the airline, 240,000 Chinese visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 2005.

Arirang Mass Games even in 2006 !
APRIL 2006. Despite initial plans to run the next Arirang Mass Games as late as in 2008, thanks to the success made by this event in 2005 organizers decided to run one more Arirang in 2006. Koreakonsult is going to organize group- as well as individual tours during Arirang.

Air Koryo opens a new regular flight from/to Beijing
APRIL 2006. In the mid-april 2006 the North Korean airline Air Koryo opened a new regular route linking Beijing and Pyongyang, the new flight will operate every Thursda

Temporary break of tours to the DPRK
NOVEMBER 2005. Please be aware that North Korean borders will be closed for tourists from December 15, 2005 to January 15, 2006. Due to this fact we can not arrange any tours for this period.

Best regards, Koreakonsult.

Latest update on Arirang Festival

The Arirang Festival' s opening ceremony has taken place at the May Day
Stadium in Pyongyang on August 15, 2005. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of
Korea's Liberation from Japan, the present DPRK leader, Kim Jong Il, was
present at the ceremony.

Although we were originally informed that the Arirang Festival would
continue until October 31, the latest information from Pyongyang tells us
that the Festival will end two weeks prior to this date - on October 17.

For that reason, people wishing to join our last group tour in late October
will not be able to attend the Arirang Festival. We are making some changes
to remedy this. Please note that our last Arirang tour will be held from
October 8 until October 15. The deadline for applications is September 2,
2005.

Thank you for visiting our website.

Koreakonsult, August 20, 2005

Information for journalists

A few weeks ago Koreakonsult announced about a special tour for journalists between July 19-23, 2005. Thank you all who applied for this tour, but unfortunately we got a sudden request from North Korean Tourism Administration to cancel the tour and stop all the arrangements.

We are really sorry for all this and apologize if this fact caused you any troubles. If you don't mind, we will keep your e-mail address and will contact you in case another possibility to visit the DPRK will occur in the future.

Best regards,

Koreakonsult, April 28, 2005

8TH PYONGYANG INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR (PITF 2005)

Dates : 16th – 19th May 2005
Venue : New Technology and Innovation Hall, Pyongyang, D.P.R. of Korea.

Exhibits Profiles: 

- Construction Materials & Equipment
- Mining Equipment & Technology
- Energy & environment
- Transport & Logistics
- Communications & IT Technology
- Agriculture & Farming Equipment & Technology
- Manufacturing & Machinery including Textile, Food & Beverage, Printing & Packaging, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Equipment & Technology, Light Industries
- Consumer Goods

Visitors Target: 

Governmental Officials, Company Decision-Makers, Engineers and Scientists, Business Traders, and Developers.

Participation Fee: 

Euro 60 / indoor square meter
Euro 30 / outdoor square meter
Euro 800 / standard shell scheme (9 square meters)

Organizers: 

Korea International Exhibition Corp.(KIEC)
Ministry of Foreign Trade, D.P.R. Korea.

Application Deadline: 

15th March 2005

Temporary suspension of tours to the DPRK

Please be aware that North Korean borders will be closed for tourists from December 15, 2004 to January 15, 2005. Due to this fact we can not arrange any tours for this period.

The 2004 Pyongyang International Technology and Infrastructure Exhibition (ITIE)

Dates: 21-24th September 2004 Attention! This event is postponed to 2005!

http://www.pyongyang-itie.com

The 2004 Pyongyang International Technology and Infrastructure Exhibition (ITIE) will be held this year between 21-24th September at the New Technology and Innovation Hall (which has a floor space of 10,000 sqm) in Pyongyang, DPRK.

The event provides exhibitors with an unparalleled opportunity to understand first hand the business environment in North Korea, see for themselves the tremendous industrial and technological markets that North Korea presents and all while absorbing the rich historical roots and traditions of the country. This years ITIE will have a special focus on IT, Electronics, Transport/Logistics and the Medical technology/Pharmaceuticals Industries.

The first Pyongyang Martial Art Championship

Dates: September 15 - 20, 2004
Venue : Pyongyang Taekgwondo Ground
Participation Items: 10 items such as Taekwon-do, Chinese martial art, Japanese Karate, Japanese Aitido, Japanese Chujitzu, Thai Kicking Box, Malaysian Basilla, Russian Sambo, Korean Paduk(checkers), Korean wrestling

Mode: Matches, Demonstration, Model show
Size of the championship: 600 players of 50 countries shall participate.
Special presentation: The famous Korean Women music band will be presented both at the openning and closing ceremony.
Striking a fire at the newly built beacon.

The 2nd World Congress of Korean Studies "Korean Studies in the Era of Reconciliation and Cooperation"

Dates : August 3-7, 2004

Location : Academy of Social Sciences, Pyongyang, DPRK

Co-organized by : The Academy of Korean Studies, Republic of Korea Academy of Social Sciences, Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Sponsored by : International Society for Korean Studies(ISKS), The Association for Korean Studies in Europe(AKSE), Central Asian Association of Korean Studies(CAAKS), Pacific and Asia Conference on Korean Studies(PACKS), Korean Studies Association of Australasia(KSAA), Korea Institution of Social Sciences(in DPRK), Institute of Oriental Studies(in Russia Academy of Sciences), Institute of Korean Culture Studies(in Peking University), Centre of Korean Studies(in The School of Oriental and African Studies).

The World Congress of Korean Studies is the biggest conference on Korean Studies in the world. The 2nd World Congress is going to be a sensation in many ways: many participants (among whom will be South Korean and American passport holders) will fly to Pyongyang directly from Seoul. Three days of excursions (7-10 August) around the DPRK will follow the Congress and allow its participants to explore the subject of their professional interest north of the 38th parallel.