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New beachside resort in N. Korea

People play in a pool at a water park in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea, on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day, but foreign tourists are yet to be accepted.

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New beachside resort in N. Korea

Photo taken July 1, 2025, shows the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province on the eastern coast of North Korea. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day, but foreign tourists are yet to be accepted.

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New beachside resort in N. Korea

WONSAN, North Korea, July 3 Kyodo - People play on a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day. (Kyodo)

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New beachside resort in N. Korea

People rush to the water at a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

People ride a pedal-powered raft just offshore from a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

People play on a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

People hang out on a beach in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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CORRECTED: New beachside resort in N. Korea

People visit a water park in the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea on July 1, 2025. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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New beachside resort in N. Korea

Photo taken July 1, 2025, shows the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist zone in Kangwon Province, on the eastern coast of North Korea. The resort opened to North Koreans the same day.

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Mangyongbong-92 ferry anchored at Wonsan port

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The Mangyongbong-92 passenger-cargo ferry is anchored at the port of Wonsan, North Korea, on July 3, 2014.

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Street view of Wonsang city, N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A street view of Wonsan, western North Korea, is seen in this photo taken on July 3, 2014. Wonsan is a port city where the Mangyongbong-92 has mostly been anchored after Tokyo barred the passenger-cargo ferry from Japanese waters in 2006 as part of travel restrictions on Pyongyang.

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N. Korea's Mangyongbong-92 ferry anchored at Wonsan port

WONSAN, North Korea - The Mangyongbong-92 passenger-cargo ferry is anchored at the port of Wonsan, western North Korea, on July 2, 2014. Tokyo has banned the ship's sailing to Japan as part of travel restrictions on Pyongyang.

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N. Korea's Mangyongbong-92 ferry

TOKYO, Japan - North Korea's Mangyongbong-92 ferry is photographed at Wonsan port in North Korea in September 2012.

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Inside of Songdowon children's camp facility in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children take a trip inside a facility of the Songdowon international children's camp in Wonsan, eastern North Korea, on May 10, 2014.

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Songdowon children's camp in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children tour inside a facility at the Songdowon international children's camp in Wonsan, eastern North Korea, on May 10, 2014.

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Resort in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in September 2013 shows a guest room of a luxurious hotel that opened in the summer of the same year near a beach resort in Wonsan, North Korea.

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Resort in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in September 2013 shows a luxurious hotel that opened in the summer of the same year near a beach resort in Wonsan, North Korea.

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Resort in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of women visit a beach resort in Wonsan, North Korea, in September 2013. The women said they are coworkers at a clothes factory in the capital Pyongyang and their trip to Wonsan is a reward for an increase in output.

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China navy ship in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The Chinese navy training ship Zhenghe makes a friendship visit at Wonsan port, North Korea, on Aug. 4, 2011.

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China navy ship in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Tian Zhong (R front), head of a Chinese navy flotilla, is welcomed in a ceremony after the Chinese navy training ship Zhenghe arrived on a friendship visit at Wonsan port, North Korea, on Aug. 4, 2011.

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Japanese NGO donates medical supplies to N. Korea flood victims

TOKYO, Japan - An employee (R) of Japan International Volunteer Center, a Japanese nonprofit organization, hands over medical supplies to Kangwon Province People's Hospital in Wonsan, North Korea, on Oct. 26. According to JVC officials, JVC delivered 2.4 million yen worth of confectioneries and medical supplies to flood victims in North Korea in late October. The money was collected through public donations in Japan, the officials say.

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North Korean ferry leaves Niigata port

NIIGATA, Japan - The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 leaves Niigata port for Wonsan in North Korea on May 19 after a one-day stay. The ferry arrived in Niigata for its first call at a Japanese port in five months after meeting insurance requirements under a new Japanese law to guard against oil spills.

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N. Korean ferry arrives in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 arrives at Niigata port Nov. 4. The 9,672-ton vessel, carrying about 50 tons of goods and 206 passengers from Wonsan, is scheduled to leave Niigata for the North Korean port around Nov. 5 with some 220 passengers and 80 tons of cargo.

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(1)N. Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 leaves Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 leaves Niigata port for North Korea's Wonsan port Sept. 5 after an overnight stay.

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(2) N. Korean ferry leaves Niigata+

NIIGATA, Japan - The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 departs from Niigata port for Wonsan about nine hours behind schedule on Aug. 26. The Japanese transport ministry gave it a conditional permission for the ship's departure.

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Japanese protest in Niigata while N. Korea ferry stays away

NIIGATA, Japan - Relatives of Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago and their supporters raise their hands at Niigata Port on June 9 to protest against the resumption of port calls by the North Korean ship Man Gyong Bong-92. The ship, which sails between Wonsan in eastern North Korea and Niigata on an irregular basis, canceled a port call slated for the same day.

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Man Gyong Bong cancels Niigata port call

NIIGATA, Japan - Two Japan Coast Guard officers conducts a mock inspection of a ship cabin June 8 in preparation for a scheduled call at Niigata port by the North Korean ferry Man Gyong Bong-92. The ship failed to leave the North Korean port of Wonsan, apparently canceling the call originally scheduled for June 9.

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Niigata gov. seeks port call restriction for N. Korean ship

TOKYO, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama answers questions from reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after he met Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe. Hirayama asked for legislation to restrict port calls by the North Korean cargo-passenger ship Man Gyong Bong-92 which travels between Niigata in Japan and Wonsan in North Korea on an irregular basis.

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N. Korean cargo-passenger ship arrives at Niigata port

NIIGATA, Japan - The Man Gyong Bong, a North Korean cargo-passenger vessel that sometimes travels across the Sea of Japan between Niigata and Wonsan, enters Niigata port on Nov. 25. It was the first time for the vessel to arrive at the port since Tokyo decided in late October to have five Japanese nationals, who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and recently allowed home on a visit, remain in Japan.

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N. Korean passenger ship calls at Kitakyushu port

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The North Korean passenger ship Man Gyong Bong No. 92 is berthed at Kitakyushu port in Fukuoka Prefecture on July 28. The 9,672-ton ship arrived earlier in the day to pick up passengers for a cruise to North Korea. About 340 Korean residents in Fukuoka and surrounding prefectures are expected to board the ship and depart Sunday for North Korea's Wonsan to visit ancestors' graves, see relatives and take part in school excursions.

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N. Korea's Kim wants to normalize ties with U.S.: journalist

BEIJING, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il talks with Julie Moon, a Korean-American journalist, in an interview on June 30 in Wonsan, eastern North Korea. Kim said he wants to normalize relations with the United States and plans to dispatch a close aide and a senior military officer to Washington in the near future.

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North Korean ferry leaves Niigata port

NIIGATA, Japan - The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 leaves Niigata port for Wonsan in North Korea on May 19 after a one-day stay. The ferry arrived in Niigata for its first call at a Japanese port in five months after meeting insurance requirements under a new Japanese law to guard against oil spills. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea holds investment seminar on Mt. Kumgang tourist zone

Yun Yong Sok, chairman of North Korea's Committee for the Promotion of Development of the Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone, explains the government's development plan during a seminar on Mt. Kumgang on May 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea holds investment seminar on Mt. Kumgang tourist zone

Participants listen to a presentation at an investment seminar held on Mt. Kumgang in North Korea on May 27, 2015. The event, aimed at attracting foreign investment in the "Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone," was the first on-site investment seminar since the zone was created in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea holds investment seminar on Mt. Kumgang tourist zone

Participants emerge from an investment seminar held on North Korea's Mt. Kumgang on May 27, 2015. The event, aimed at attracting foreign investment in the "Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone," was the first on-site investment seminar since the zone was created in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea holds seminar on investment in Mt. Kumgang tourist zone

Takeyasu Kojima, president of Tokyo-based Sanshin Travel Service Inc., speaks in an interview on May 27, 2015, about his participation in an investment seminar held on North Korea's Mt. Kumgang. The event, aimed at attracting foreign investment in the "Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang International Tourist Zone," was the first on-site investment seminar since the zone was created in June 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, N. Korea sign pact for investment in Wonsan

Oh Eung Gil (3rd from L), president of North Korea's Wonsan District Development General Corporation of the Ministry of External Economic Affairs, and others pose for a group photo in China's Shenyang city on March 20, 2015, after a signing ceremony for Chinese investment in Wonsan, which is on North Korea's western coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese NGO donates medical supplies to N. Korea flood victims

TOKYO, Japan - An employee (R) of Japan International Volunteer Center, a Japanese nonprofit organization, hands over medical supplies to Kangwon Province People's Hospital in Wonsan, North Korea, on Oct. 26. According to JVC officials, JVC delivered 2.4 million yen worth of confectioneries and medical supplies to flood victims in North Korea in late October. The money was collected through public donations in Japan, the officials say. (Kyodo)

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China navy ship in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The Chinese navy training ship Zhenghe makes a friendship visit at Wonsan port, North Korea, on Aug. 4, 2011. (Kyodo)

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China navy ship in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Tian Zhong (R front), head of a Chinese navy flotilla, is welcomed in a ceremony after the Chinese navy training ship Zhenghe arrived on a friendship visit at Wonsan port, North Korea, on Aug. 4, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Mangyongbong-92 ferry anchored at Wonsan port

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The Mangyongbong-92 passenger-cargo ferry is anchored at the port of Wonsan, North Korea, on July 3, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Street view of Wonsang city, N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A street view of Wonsan, western North Korea, is seen in this photo taken on July 3, 2014. Wonsan is a port city where the Mangyongbong-92 has mostly been anchored after Tokyo barred the passenger-cargo ferry from Japanese waters in 2006 as part of travel restrictions on Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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As international tensions mount, life goes on for N. Koreans

A gas station is pictured in Wonsan, a city on North Korea's east coast, on Sept. 21, 2017. Despite escalating tensions between the international community and North Korea, the everyday lives of the country's people appear largely unaffected in the capital and Wonsan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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As international tensions mount, life goes on for N. Koreans

North Korean people work at a shoe factory in Wonsan, a city on the country's east coast, on Sept. 21, 2017. Despite escalating tensions between the international community and North Korea, the everyday lives of the country's people appear largely unaffected in the capital and Wonsan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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As international tensions mount, life goes on for N. Koreans

North Korean people fish beside the Mangyongbong 92 passenger-cargo ferry berthed at a port in Wonsan, a city on the country's east coast, on Sept. 21, 2017. Despite escalating tensions between the international community and North Korea, the everyday lives of the country's people appear largely unaffected in the capital and Wonsan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean ferry arrives in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 arrives at Niigata port Nov. 4. The 9,672-ton vessel, carrying about 50 tons of goods and 206 passengers from Wonsan, is scheduled to leave Niigata for the North Korean port around Nov. 5 with some 220 passengers and 80 tons of cargo. (Kyodo)

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(1)N. Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 leaves Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - The North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 leaves Niigata port for North Korea's Wonsan port Sept. 5 after an overnight stay. (Kyodo)

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Japanese protest in Niigata while N. Korea ferry stays away

NIIGATA, Japan - Relatives of Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago and their supporters raise their hands at Niigata Port on June 9 to protest against the resumption of port calls by the North Korean ship Man Gyong Bong-92. The ship, which sails between Wonsan in eastern North Korea and Niigata on an irregular basis, canceled a port call slated for the same day. (Kyodo)

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Niigata gov. seeks port call restriction for N. Korean ship

TOKYO, Japan - Niigata Gov. Ikuo Hirayama answers questions from reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 7 after he met Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe. Hirayama asked for legislation to restrict port calls by the North Korean cargo-passenger ship Man Gyong Bong-92 which travels between Niigata in Japan and Wonsan in North Korea on an irregular basis. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean cargo-passenger ship arrives at Niigata port

NIIGATA, Japan - The Man Gyong Bong, a North Korean cargo-passenger vessel that sometimes travels across the Sea of Japan between Niigata and Wonsan, enters Niigata port on Nov. 25. It was the first time for the vessel to arrive at the port since Tokyo decided in late October to have five Japanese nationals, who were abducted to North Korea in 1978 and recently allowed home on a visit, remain in Japan. (Kyodo)