North Korean state media on Thursday criticized the United States for a nuclear submarine deal with Australia under the AUKUS partnership signed in 2021, calling it a "threat to regional peace."

The "hermit kingdom" of North Korea is coming out of isolation, finally welcoming Western tourists again, after sealing its borders at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week, a limited number of tour operators led visitors into the special economic zone of Rason,

North Korea welcomed international travelers for the first time in years, according to a report. A group of people from the United Kingdom, Canada, Greece, New Zealand, France, Germany, Austria, Australia,

North Korea on Thursday expressed outrage over the move by the United States to bolster another nuclear alliance in the Asia-Pacific region. The US entered into a nuclear submarine deal with Australia under the AUKUS security partnership.

But tourism to North Korea is contentious, especially as travellers have been allowed back before aid workers and most Western diplomats, including the UK's. Critics, including Joanna Hosaniak from the Citizens Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, argue these trips mainly benefit the regime.

North Korea has again lashed out at the AUKUS defence pact, saying the deal with the US and UK is a “threat to regional peace”.

North Korean state media on Thursday criticized the United States for a nuclear submarine deal with Australia under the AUKUS partnership signed in 2021, calling it a "threat to regional peace." A commentary carried by KCNA said Washington should be wary of consequences for what it said were nuclear alliances,

SEOUL, South Korea — A small group of foreign tourists has visited North Korea in the past week, making them the first international travelers to enter the country in five years except for a group of Russian tourists who went to the North last year.

A guide who took some of the first foreigners to North Korea in five years told BI that he had tourists from the UK, Jamaica, and Germany.

Foreign tourists have been permitted to cross the border into the reclusive nation for the first time in five years as Kim Jong-un finally relaxed the strict travel ban introduced under Covid

A small group of tourists has been allowed into North Korea for the first time in years - The group included travellers from the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Canada

North Korea has cited defense cooperation ... bringing nuclear clouds to the Asia-Pacific region," the piece went on. Australia, along with South Korea and Japan, is one of the three Indo-Pacific ...