Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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North Korea’s Wonsan Kolma resort opened with fanfare, aiming to woo foreign tourists—then mysteriously shut down weeks later. This is the bizarre story of its rise and rapid collapse.

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00:00 Introduction
01:11 Come Fly With Me (to Pyongyang)
05:56 Another Laboured Development?
09:02 We Don’t Want Tourists (Except…)
12:12 The Wonsan Resort Blooms
15:19 Wonsan’s Swansong