Love North Korea Ministries (LNKM), a Christian NGO operating in North Korea, was behind the first ever "surf camp" tour of the country, LNKM director Gabe Segoine told NK News in an interview on Monday.

A surfing tour to the country's east coast, which ran between July 28 and August 6 and subsequently publicized by state media, was organized by LNKM in partnership with Surfing The Nations (STN) and hosted by North Korea’s tourism bureau, the Korea International Travel Company (KITC).