UK FCDO Advises Against All But Essential Travel to North Korea
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advises against all but essential travel to North Korea, citing continued high tension on the Korean Peninsula, a security situation that can change quickly without warning, and past detentions of foreign nationals denied access to their governments' support. North Korea's borders have been closed to general entry since COVID-19 restrictions in 2020; the government has recently begun relaxing them, with some embassies resuming operations and limited tourism restarting, but not all passenger routes have resumed and many embassies—including the British Embassy in Pyongyang—remain closed. Travelling against FCDO advice could invalidate t…
- Impact and considerations
- This advice directly affects corporate compliance and insurance arrangements for sending staff to North Korea; travelling against it may invalidate insurance, and with no British Embassy presence, emergency evacuation and consular assistance are severely limited.