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A changing North Korea: Through foreign eyes

How has North Korea changed after it started to open up following its pledge to denuclearise? In the second of a three-part special report, a year after a team from The Straits Times reported on life in North Korea during the height of tensions, correspondents Lim Yan Liang and Walter Sim find out more about the country's transformation, as seen through the eyes of foreigners.

Tourist arrivals have surged since North Korea's landmark summits with South Korea and the United States earlier this year.

Lim Yan Liang China Correspondent In Pyongyang

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Oct 01, 2018, 05:00 AM

Tourists are flocking to North Korea in numbers unseen in a decade, following a swift thaw in its relations with neighbouring countries.

The North used to be more known for dark tourism, or travel to places associated with death, disaster or atrocity.

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