Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Please reconsider your need to travel to North Korea Please reconsider your need to travel to North Korea. We detected travel advisories from 5 sources for this specific country.
North Korea shares a land border with 3 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including North Korea), the Advisory Index is 3.6 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Russia (4.4), China with 3.4 and South Korea with 2.3 (of 5).
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in North Korea. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in North Korea.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for North Korea.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination North Korea from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 4.4 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Do not travel to North Korea due to extensive restrictions placed on foreigners, serious risk of arrest and detention, and an uncertain security situation that could change with very little warning. The security situation on the Korean Peninsula remains volatile – technically North Korea and South Korea are still at war (level 4 of 4).
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Avoid non-essential travel
Source: http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/travel_en.html
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Undvik icke nödvändiga resor - Situationen i Nordkorea är oförutsägbar och kan förändras plötsligt.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Avoid all travel.
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of North Korea. Most recent events first.
The total rating for North Korea changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government issued a new warning for North Korea with a rating of 5.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for North Korea with a rating of 5.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for North Korea with a rating of 4.0.
The Cypriot government issued a new warning for North Korea with a rating of 4.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for North Korea with a rating of 4.0.
The Finnish government issued a new warning for North Korea with a rating of 4.0.
North Korea with its capital Pyongyang is a country in Asia (Eastern Asia), slightly smaller than Mississippi (120,540 km²). The country is located Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea. The climate can be described as temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer. The landscape is mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains wide in west, discontinuous in east. With a population of about 22.91 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Pyongyang |
| Population | about 22.91 million |
| Size | 120.540 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly smaller than Mississippi |
| Common languages | Korean |
| Currency | Won (short: KPW) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 110/220V - 50/60Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +850 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .kp |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | KP |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | PRK |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 408 |
These are problems North Korea is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of North Korea. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from North Korea.
Export products
Import products
North Korea is currently rated at 4,4 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 5 official sources. Please reconsider your need to travel to North Korea.
The score is rather high (4,4) and you should avoid all non-essential travel to North Korea. Maybe pick another location.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 5 individual sources for North Korea.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in North Korea. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in North Korea.
North Korea has a size of 120,540 km² or 46,541 mi² which is slightly smaller than Mississippi.
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Travel safety map for North Korea and bordering countries.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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China (3.4)
South Korea (2.3)
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