Air
Air Koryo (JS) is the national airline of Korea North.
China Northern Airlines (CJ) also serves Korea (Dem Rep) during the summer months.
Direct flights run 4 times per week from Beijing (China) with both
airlines. Air Koryo also operates weekly flights
to Beijing and Shenyang (China),
Bangkok (Thailand), Macau (SAR), Moscow and Vladivostok (Russian
Federation).
Approximate flight times
FromLondon to Pyongyang is about 13
hours.
International airports
Pyongyang (FNJ) (Sunan)
Located 24 kilometres (15 miles) from the city with a travel time of about 45 minutes.
Bars, restaurants and duty free shops are the available facilities here.
Departure tax: None.
Sea
Major international ports include Chongjin, Haeju, Hungnam, Kimchaek, Kosong, Najin, Sinuiju, Sonbong, Songnim, Unsang, Wonsan and Nampo,
the port of Pyongyang.
Rail
A
fairly
good rail network connects
North Korea with China and the Russian Federation.
The Trans China Railway and Trans Mongolian Railwayruns between China and Shineuiju.
Namyang connects to the Trans Manchurian Railway
and the Trans Siberia Railway links Rajin with
the Russian Federation.
Routes are unavailable to the Republic of Korea; however, people from both North and South Korea hope
that these may open sometime in the future, following negotiations
between them.
Road
There are roads available from Dandong, Jilin, Liaoyang , Lu-ta
and Changchun in China and Vladivostock
in the Russian Federation to North Korea, but foreigners are only
permitted to go into the country by rail or by air.
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