The State Department's ban is set to go into effect on Sept. 1. — -- The State Department has announced it will allow four categories of Americans to apply for an exemption after it bars most ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – American citizens will be barred from traveling to North Korea next month following a prohibition on using U.S. passports to enter the country, the State Department said Friday.

The State Department is urging any American thinking of a trip to reclusive North Korea to think again. And they’re doing it in an unusually blunt and direct fashion. The agency usually issues travel ...

The United States Department of State periodically reviews its standing travel warnings in its list of travel advisories. This week, that review led to the department reissuing one of its most severe ...

More than a month ago, Merrill Newman, an elderly American disappeared into North Korea. Pulled off a flight on the final day of a guided tour, the Korean War veteran was missing until he reappeared ...

North Korea will launch a luxury cruise ship in the downstream part of the Taedong River that flows to the western port city of Nampho, state media reported Wednesday, in an apparent bid to bolster ...

Exploring the mysterious nation of North Korea just got a lot easier – at least if you’re Chinese. A new scheme has been announced that provides Chinese citizens with an (almost) hassle-free visa to ...