BERLIN — The United States is set to introduce a ban on its citizens travelling to North Korea for tourism, travel agencies that operate tours there said Friday. Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours said they had been informed that the U.S. will announce the ban on July 27 and it was expected to go into effect 30 days later. Young Pioneer Tours said that "after the 30-day grace period any U.S. national that travels to North Korea will have their passport invalidated by their government." Young Pioneer Tours, based in the Chinese city of Xi'an, was the agency that organized U.S. student Otto Warmbier's trip to North Korea last year during which he was arrested. Koryo, which has operated tours to North Korea since 1993, said it would continue to take U.S. citizens to destinations such as Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Far East Russia.

Source: The China Post July 21, 2017 11:48 UTC