North Korea bars foreigners from newly opened beach resort

North Koreans have begun visiting the newly opened Wonsan-Kalma beach resort, a state-run complex said to accommodate up to 20,000 people, according to official media.

Foreign tourists remain barred, with Pyongyang announcing a ban last week despite earlier praise from leader Kim Jong Un, who called the resort “one of the greatest successes this year.”

But the scope of the ban remains unclear. In the lead-up to its opening, the…