North Korea halts tours to border city near China

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North Korea halts tours to border city near China: travel agencies
North Korea halts tours to border city near China: travel agencies North Korea has halted international trips to a city near its border with China, travel agencies said on Wednesday, abruptly reversing Pyongyang's recent decision to reopen its frontier to tourism after five years of isolation.
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