North Korea allows foreigners to enter the country, what is its purpose?

China's state-run Central Television reported on September 25 that North Korea was allowing foreigners to enter the country from the same day. North Korea has opened its borders to a limited extent since late August to prevent the COVID-19 virus.
However, the entry of foreigners remained restricted. If the report is true, it will be the first time in about three years and eight months that the school will open its doors to foreigners.
North Korea closed its borders early in late January 2020 in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Virus or
An attempt was made to thoroughly prevent the influx of infected people. As the infection spread around the world, North Korea continued to claim for a long time that there were no infected people in the country, although the truth was unknown. However, in May last year, the infection
This is the first time that the person has been confirmed. At the time, North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency said, ``The nation's most serious emergency incident has opened a hole in the emergency epidemic prevention front that has been firmly protected for two years and three months since February 2020.''
It happened,” the report said. It was reported that a person has been infected with the Omicron strain of COVID-19. This announcement shocked the world, as the country had been insisting that there were "zero infections" until then.
In January of last year, North Korea temporarily lifted its border closure measures, but as mentioned above, the border was closed again after the first infected person was confirmed. Logistics is disrupted, and the stockpiled rice we rely on is also
It suddenly decreased. It was reported that as a result, residents suffered from starvation and many died of starvation. In August last year, North Korean leader Kim Jung Eun announced his plans to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
He declared "victory" over the strategy. In his speech at the National Emergency Epidemic Prevention Council, he declared that he had achieved victory in the greatest emergency epidemic prevention battle to eradicate the incoming COVID-19 virus and protect the lives and health of the people.
"I will clothe it," he said. Various regulations, such as the obligation to wear masks, have also been lifted. In response to this declaration, it seemed that life would return to normal, but as early as a month later, people started to notice the virus regarding wearing masks.
The government has once again ordered people to wear them in public places to prevent infectious diseases such as hoodies. In January of this year, the government strengthened its vigilance in border areas, fearing an influx from China, where the number of infected people has increased sharply since the end of its "zero coronavirus" policy.
Ta. North Korea has strict border controls that strictly restrict the entry and exit of people and goods, but in July of this year, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu and the Chinese Communist Party attended an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice Agreement in the Korean War.
Gradually, people began to reopen, including by inviting members of the party's Politburo, Li Hongzhong. In August, North Korea's state-run Air Koryo flew between Pyongyang and Beijing, in the Russian Far East.
Flights between Vladivostok and Vladivostok have been resumed. It was the first time in about three and a half years that North Korea operated an international flight. The passenger plane was carrying North Koreans stranded in China and Russia due to border closures.
However, they boarded one after another to return to the country. Furthermore, North Korea sent a team of athletes to the Asian Games, which opened in Hangzhou, China, on September 23rd. As a comprehensive international sports festival, the International Sports Festival was held in 2018.
It was the first time in five years since the Asian Games was held in Donesia. North Korea unilaterally decided not to participate in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and has decided not to participate in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
He has been suspended from participating in international competitions until the end of 2022 by the IOC. North Korea has gradually resumed the flow of people across the border, but China's state-run Central Television
It was reported that the country has allowed foreigners to enter the country from September 25th. The condition is that they take two-day quarantine measures after entering the country. Following the country's decision to allow its citizens to return to the country from abroad in August, it will now allow foreign nationals to return to the country.
It appears that the aim is to revitalize the economy by normalizing the entry of tourists and businessmen. There also seems to be an idea to attract new investment from China and other countries. On September 21st,
China's ambassador to Pyongyang meets with North Korea's top tourism official. He hoped for the early normalization of people-to-people exchanges between China and North Korea, and expressed his intention to strengthen tourism exchanges and cooperation. 201 before the COVID-19 pandemic
Approximately 200,000 foreign tourists visited North Korea in 208, and more than 90% were Chinese. North Korea also plans to expand economic cooperation with Russia, which Kim Jung Eun visited this month.
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