How to get to North Korea?
The majority of foreigners are traveling to North Korea via China. The North Korean national airline Air Koryo (JS) has three regular flights per week linking Beijing and Pyongyang and two flights from Shenyang. Chinese air company Air China (CA) started to operate three regular weekly flights Beijing-Pyongyang from 31 March, 2008. It is also possible to travel between Beijing and Pyongyang by train.
You can choose also the regular Air Koryo flight to Pyongyang from Vladivostok (Russia) by Thursdays or weeklong train trip from Moscow by Trans-Siberian railway (through Zabajkalsk).
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Flight timetable
(valid until March 23, 2012)
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Route |
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Day of |
Time of departure |
Time of arrival |
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Vladivostok-Pyongyang |
JS 272 |
Friday |
18:30 |
18:20 |
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Pyongyang-Vladivostok |
JS 271 |
Friday |
08:30 |
12:20 |
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Beijing-Pyongyang |
JS 152 |
Tue, Sat |
12:55 |
16:00 |
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Pyongyang-Beijing |
JS 151 |
Tue, Sat |
09:00 |
9:55 |
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Beijing-Pyongyang |
JS 252 |
Thursday |
14:05 |
17:10 |
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Pyongyang-Beijing |
JS 251 |
Thursday |
10:30 |
11:30 |
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Shenyang-Pyongyang |
JS 156 |
Wed, Sat |
15:00 |
17:10 |
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Pyongyang-Shenyang |
JS 155 |
Wed, Sat |
12:00 |
12:10 |
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Shanghai-Pyongyang |
JS 552 |
Friday |
19:00 |
22:40 |
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Pyongyang-Shanghai |
JS 551 |
Friday |
15:00 |
17:00 |
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Beijing-Pyongyang |
CA 121 |
Mon,Wed,Fri |
13:20 |
16:20 |
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Pyongyang-Beijing |
CA 122 |
Mon,Wed,Fri |
17:20 |
18:15 |
Train timetable
(updated 1.4.2009)
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Route |
Day of departure |
Time of departure |
Time of arrival |
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Beijing-Pyongyang |
Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat |
17:35 |
19:30 (next day) |
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Pyongyang-Beijing |
Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat |
10:10 |
9:40 (next day) |
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Moscow-Pyongyang |
Friday |
23:55 |
19:30 (next Friday) |
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Pyongyang-Moscow |
Saturday |
10:10 |
17:57 (next Friday) |
Attention! There is local time in the timetables.
Regardless of your nationality you will be required to obtain a double-entry Chinese visa if you want to get to the DPRK via China. Please contact the Chinese Embassy in your country of residence to find out more. If you will have some problems with double-entry Chinese visa, it is possible to get re-entry Chinese visa in Pyongyang (do not forget to take 2 passport photos with you).
Attention! You cannot travel to North Korea from South Korea directly and vice versa.