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Kinesiske turarrangører må avlyse gruppereiser til Nord-Korea fordi hoteller i hovedstaden Pyongyang er stengt fram til feiringen av landets 70-årsjubileum, melder NRK.
Turarrangørene skal ha fått beskjed om at alle hoteller er stengt i 20 dager fra og med lørdag 11 august.
Nord-Korea, offisielt Den demokratiske folkerepublikken Korea, ble opprettet 9.august 1948 av Kim Il-sung, bestefar til dagens leder Kim Jong-un.
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Billettsalget i OL i Pyeongchang ligger så langt på 84 prosent, melder NTB, ifølge nrk.no
Arrangøren sier at alle som ikke får med seg vindutsatte konkurranser, får billettene refundert. Hittil har det vært 176.350 betalende tilskuere under OL i Sør-Korea.
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Tanzania has opened an embassy in South Korea (Republic of Korea) for the first time since the two countries established diplomatic ties more than two decades ago, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
The embassy is located in Yongsan, central Seoul. Tanzania has appointed Matilda Swilla Masuka as its ambassador to South Korea.
South Korea established diplomatic relations with Tanzania in 1992. Tanzania has diplomatic ties with North Korea as well.
South Korea opened its embassy in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in October of the same year but Tanzania has not run a stand-alone embassy in Seoul, having its ambassador to Japan concurrently serve as ambassador to the Republic of Korea.
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Restauranter i OL-byen Pyeongchang i Sør-Korea trosser landets regjering sin oppfordring om å slutte å servere hundekjøtt, sier en talsmann for lokale myndighetenr, ifølge NTB.
Dette har fått mange aktivister, som ønsker å forby hundespising, til å oppfordre til OL-boikott, skriver VG Direkte.
De vel 51 millioner innbyggerne i Sør-Korea konsumerer rundt én million hunder årlig, spesielt er den populær som en delikatesse om sommeren.
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Vietnam has opened a consulate office in Macau. Addressing the opening ceremony, Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau, Tran Thanh Huan said the office aims to better ensure the rights of Vietnamese citizens and tourists in the region, vietnamnet.vn website reported.
Huan expressed his hope that the office will receive active and effective support of local organisations and enterprises, as well as of the Vietnam Fellow Countrymen Friendship Association in Macau.
Macau is home to more than 20,000 Vietnamese people, mostly domestic workers and service staff at casinos.
There are also several Vietnamese-run firms operating in tourism and services
Macau, a former Portuguese colony, is a Special Administrative Region in the People’s Republic of China.
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I mai ble det startet opp en ny fergerute mellom Russland og Nord-Korea. Sambandet innebærer en fast passasjer- og lasterute mellom Rajin i nordøstlige Nord-Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) og storbyen Vladivostok i Øst-Russland, ifølge japanske medier, og mener at dette trolig blir en ukentlig forbindelse, skriver abcnyheter.no
Fergen inneholder en restaurant, to barer, en karaokeklubb og sauna, ifølge det statlige russiske nyhetsbyrået TASS. Fergeselskapet RosKor regner med at de fleste passasjerene vil være kinesiske turister. De anslår å kunne ta 200 passasjerer og 1.000 tonn last seks ganger i måneden.
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I Sør-Koreas hovedstad Seoul er det en ølrevolusjon på gang, spesielt i bydelen Iteawon. I “Beer Craft Alley” ligger blant annet bryggeriene Magpie, Craftworks Taphouse, og The Booth. Alle bryggeriene er åpne for publikum, skriver Se og Hør.
Et annet tips verdt å ta med seg for både ølhunder og andre, er at en av Seouls kulinariske trender, pi-mek, kort og godt betyr pizza og øl.
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Pyongyang
Nord-Koreas nasjonale turistkontor har lansert en ny nettside som tilbyr feriemuligheter fra surfing til risplanting, melder VG.no / AFP.
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Det kinesiske turistselskapet Young Pioneer Tours slutter å arrangere turer til Nord-Korea, melder nrk.no
Etter at den amerikanske studenten Otto Warmbier (22) døde mandag, uttalte selskapet på sin Facebook-side at risikoen for utenlandske turister nå er for høy, ifølge nyhetsbyrået AP.
Warmbier lå i koma da han ble løslatt fra fengsel i Nord-Korea, etter å ha blitt dømt til 15 års straffearbeid for å ha stjålet et propagandaplakat fra et hotellrom. Han besøkte Nord-Korea som student i 2016.
Han var fra Cincinatti i Ohio.
Den kinesiske turoperatøren ligger i byen Xian, og har spesialisert seg på lavpristurer til Nord-Korea. Selskapet ble startet i 2008 av briten Gareth Johnson.
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Seoul
Seoul, capital city of the Republic of Korea, has been staging aggressive tour promotion activities in Malaysia as its nationals have been increasingly touring South Korea in recent years, a city official said, according to the english.yonhapnews.co.kr news agency website.
The number of Malaysians who have come to the country has doubled over the past five years, recording 310,000 in 2016, the website reported.
Seoul Deputy Mayor Liu Gyoung-gee, who is now on a trip to Southeast Asia, and met with Ten Hoy Chin, CEO of Mayflower Holidays, Malaysia’s biggest travel agency.
Liu explained Seoul’s efforts to welcome Southeast Asian tourists, including the entry of Southeast Asian languages on tourist signs, and the introduction of Muslim-friendly restaurants and prayer rooms.
He also asked Chin to include Seoul’s major attractions, including Namsan Tower, SMTown Theme Park in southern Seoul and the newly opened Seoul Road 7017 overpass park in its tour packages, and adding that Mayflower officials attended the opening of the overpass park and signed a business cooperation accord with Seoul city.
Liu also met Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Mohd Amin Nordin Abd Aziz to sign a letter of intent for tourist exchange cooperation between the two capital cities, the news agency reported.
