Agent Says N. Korea Tourism to Reopen After Kim Death

A tour organizer has said that North Korea will reopen to tourists on January 10, less than a month after strongman Kim Jong-Il died.

Kim died on December 17 from a heart attack at the age of 69, prompting a 13-day mourning period in the communist country that culminated Thursday in a huge memorial service for the late leader.

“We have just been informed by our Korean partners that the DPRK (North Korea) will open to tourists from January 10th,” Koryo Group, a Beijing-based travel agency …
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