North Korea's tourism website DPR Korea Tour can be accessed from South Korea, which normally blocks all North Korean websites under the decades-old National Security Law.

The exemption is fueling speculation that it has something to do with the plan the government has mooted to allow individual South Koreans to travel to North Korea to improve inter-Korean relations.

North Korea opened the website around 2017. It features information about the scenic areas of Wonsan, Mt. Kumgang, Mt. Baekdu and other potential tourist attractions in five languages. It also explains how to get a visa and hails North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

