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Russian tourists are being welcomed to North Korea in the first group of tourists to the hermit kingdom since the pandemic. 

A group of Russian travelers from the Primorye region will be journeying first to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, according to a report from Russian news outlet Tass.

Following a series of tours, they are reportedly then scheduled to arrive at the nation’s ski resort in Masik Pass for winter sports activities.

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Skiers ride a chairlift at Masikryong Ski Resort near Wonsan, North Korea. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Supreme leader Kim Jong Un’s regime has kept the country largely locked down since the worldwide pandemic. 

North Korea suffered intensely during the COVID-19 outbreak and was forced to institute some of the most aggressive quarantine policies in the world.

The decision to select Russian citizens as the first formal tourism group is further evidence of growing cooperation between the two nations.

The two countries have collaborated on military technology and expanded trade in an effort to strengthen regional power alongside China.

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A general view shows the Taedong river and city skyline of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. (ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

The trip was reportedly arranged as a pet project of Primorye Governor Oleg Kozhemyako and his North Korean counterparts.

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Until now, the extremely limited tourism industry in North Korea has been primarily marketed toward Chinese citizens.

«Visitors from Russia are unlikely to be as financially lucrative for North Korea as the return of more numerous visitors from China,» said Prof. Leif-Eric Easley of South Korea’s Ewha University.

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Tourists from China pose for photos on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang, North Korea. (ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

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«But the domestic political risk is relatively low while providing symbolism of revitalized relations with Moscow in line with Pyongyang’s current geopolitical narrative,» he added.

North Korea is a deeply impoverished country that curates an enclave of luxury facilities for its wealthy and elite leadership class. Most of the country’s fine dining and entertainment are based in the capital city of Pyongyang.



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Trump and ‘no one else’ can end the Ukraine-Russia war, US ally says

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President Donald Trump, who echoes former President Ronald Reagan’s «peace through strength» mantra, has the credibility to end the nearly three-year war between Ukraine and Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó told Fox News Digital.

«If he doesn’t have the ability, no one has the ability,» Szijjártó said.

In the nearly three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, world leaders from several countries have tried to step in and end the conflict. Szijjártó believes there’s a reason that European leaders and the Biden administration «totally failed» to end the war. The foreign minister believes world leaders were fighting for an «impossible» victory, saying it was «obvious from the very beginning» that Ukraine could not win.

«If you look at the current situation, regardless of the huge money, regardless of the huge weapon deliveries which have been poured into Ukraine, the battlefield reality shows the advance of the Russians,» Szijjártó said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via Reuters/Leah Millis/Alina Smutko)

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Szijjártó believes that Trump has credibility with both the Ukrainians and Russians, and that while other leaders have had this, they lost it by taking «a very clear position in favor of Ukraine against Russia.»

The Hungarian official also accused European leaders of treating the war between Russia and Ukraine as their own, adding to the list of possible reasons why they have failed to bring an end to it.

«So, if you really think that Ukraine should negotiate in its best shape, then we have to stop the war today because tomorrow Ukraine will be in a weaker position than today,» Szijjártó told Fox News Digital. He went on to accuse his European colleagues of not respecting the «reality» of the current state of the war.

This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv would accept either a fast-track to NATO or nuclear weapons. However, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump’s envoy for Russia and Ukraine, doubts that the Ukrainian leader’s demands will be met.

«The chance of them getting their nuclear weapons back is somewhere between slim and none,» Kellogg told Fox News Digital.

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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at Trump Tower in New York City on Sept. 27, 2024. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo)

ZELENSKYY WANTS NUKES OR NATO; TRUMP SPECIAL ENVOY KELLOGG SAYS ‘SLIM AND NONE’ CHANCE

Late last month, Trump called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a deal with Zelenskyy to end the war. However, this has yet to happen. The president also said that Zelenskyy was ready to negotiate a deal to end the war.

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«The only person that Putin will really want to talk to – because he’s kind of denigrated other leaders that are out there – is President Trump, and President Trump’s the only one who can bring this to a conclusion,» Kellogg told «Fox & Friends Weekend» on Sunday. He described Trump and Putin’s relationship as «very transactional.»

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump (Contributor/Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

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In September 2024, before he won re-election, Trump met with Zelenskyy in New York City at Trump Tower.

After meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump told Fox News, «We both want to see this end and we both want a fair deal made. And it’s got to be fair.»

Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.


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