Experts have said that North Korea likely stopped foreign travel to the resort after a Russian article by a reporter who visited with the Russian foreign minister, which implied North Koreans at the resort did not seem to be real visitors, but Government plants.

North Korea says it is banning the entry of foreign tourists to a recently opened mega beach resort, a move that dims prospects for the complex

Just weeks after opening a massive new beach resort, North Korea has temporarily suspended foreign tourism to the self-proclaimed "world-class" facility.