Yongpyong is the biggest ski and snowboard resort in South Korea. Unlike other resorts that tend to focus on certain levels and trends, Yongpyong is great for every kind of skier. Some 28 slopes – ...

North Korea, which obviously opposes the sanctions, argues that skiing isn’t a luxury anyway, but a sport for the masses. Masik, it claims, has opened up the door for the country to provide large ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s first “world-class” ski resort, Masik Pass, is expected to be partially open this Thursday to commemorate the 86th aniversary of the Korean Workers Party. While ...

A mother and her daughter take a rest on the slopes at the Masik Pass ski resort in North Korea Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. The ski resort, built in 2013 at the order of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is ...

It will host the 2018 Winter Olympics in February, but South Korea is a relative newcomer to the world of winter sports. The nation's first ski resort didn’t open until 1975. “It’s not necessarily the ...

A skier descends a slope at Masikryong Ski Resort in North Korea. A group of Russian tourists are expected to visit North Korea in early February, according to an advertisement by Vostok Intur, a ...

A Russian travel agency is advertising what appears to be the first tour to North Korea since the isolated country closed its borders due to Covid, promising a “family friendly” ski trip to a luxury ...

In this Friday Sept. 20, 2013 photo, a North Korean soldier passes by a ski slope under construction at North Korea's Masik Pass. The signs on the slope together reads "Burning Hope." North Korean ...