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North Korea to open beach resort to woo tourists (30th June 2025)

The Reading / Listening - Beach Resorts - Level 6

North Korea will open a beach resort on Tuesday to provide a boost to its tourism industry. The Wonsan-Kalma tourist zone is on the east coast. Its gleaming new hotels can accommodate 20,000 guests. State media reported that the flagship resort is the first of many developments planned throughout the country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut the ribbon at a lavish opening ceremony. He called the new destination "the proud first step" toward fulfilling the nation's policy of expanding its travel sector. He added that the resort would "play a leading role in establishing the tourist culture" of North Korea. He also said it was one of the country's "greatest feats" of the year.

This new destination is North Korea's latest site for holidaymakers. It will initially cater to the domestic market, but officials say it will welcome foreign visitors. The Korean Central News Agency reported that Russian tours will start in late July. A state official stated that there could be an influx of Chinese tourists. "We are monitoring the potential resumption of large-scale Chinese group tours to North Korea, but no concrete signs have emerged yet." Chinese travellers constituted more than 90 per cent of visitors before the coronavirus pandemic. North Korea hasn't fully lifted a ban on foreign visitors that it imposed during COVID-19. It remains unclear when other international guests will be able to visit.

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Beach Resorts - Level 4 or Beach Resorts - Level 5

Sources

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-tourism-coast-kim-jong-un-c26f24ea0f149b7153ddcf98397c07b5
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/26/north-korea-beach-resort-wonsan-kalma
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10518549

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. BEACH RESORTS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about beach resorts. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
North Korea / beach resort / boost / tourism / new hotels / flagship / ribbon / travel /
destination / holidaymakers / domestic / tours / potential / coronavirus / ban / visit
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. RESORTS: Students A strongly believe resorts in cities are better than resorts on beaches; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. TOURISM: What are the positive and negative impacts of tourism? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Positive Impacts	Negative Impacts
Local citizens
Air travel
Water
Trash
Intercultural understanding
Wildlife

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5. INDUSTRY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "industry". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. RESORTS: Rank these with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

Beach resorts
Mountain resorts
Spa resorts
Gold resorts
Desert resorts
City resorts
Rainforest resorts
Arctic resorts

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	boost	a.	Very rich, fancy, or full of expensive things.
2.	gleaming	b.	Have space for people to stay or live.
3.	accommodate	c.	Very clean and shiny; bright.
4.	flagship	d.	Big actions or things that are done with skill or courage.
5.	lavish	e.	A help or push that makes something better or stronger.
6.	sector	f.	The best or most important thing in a group.
7.	feats	g.	A part or area of something, like a country or the economy.

Paragraph 2

8.	cater	h.	Inside one country; not foreign.
9.	domestic	i.	Clear and certain; real.
10.	influx	j.	Made up of, or formed.
11.	resumption	k.	A large number of people or things coming in.
12.	concrete	l.	Came out or became seen.
13.	emerged	m.	Starting again after stopping.
14.	constituted	n.	To give food or service to people.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

The new beach resort is an attempt to boost N. Korea's tourism sector. T / F
The new resort can accommodate 20,000 visitors. T / F
There are many ships with flags moored at the new resort. T / F
North Korea's leader said the resort was one of the greatest feats ever. T / F
At first, the resort is open only to North Korean tourists. T / F
Russians will be the first international visitors to stay at the resort. T / F
Chinese tourists currently make up 90% of all visitors to North Korea. T / F
International visitors will be able to visit the resort from next month. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

boost (noun)
gleaming
lavish
fulfilling
feats
cater
influx
resumption
concrete (adjective)
imposed

expensive
achievements
rush
established
stimulus
succeeding in
definite
shiny
continuation
serve

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

accommodate
Kim Jong Un cut the ribbon at a lavish
the nation's policy of expanding
the resort would play
one of the country's greatest
It will initially cater
Russian tours will start
there could be an influx
no concrete
It remains

signs have emerged yet
in late July
feats
to the domestic market
its travel sector
unclear
of Chinese tourists
a leading role
20,000 guests
opening ceremony

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

flagship
step
feats
ribbon
boost
role
gleaming
expanding

North Korea will open a beach resort on Tuesday to provide a (1) _________________________________ to its tourism industry. The Wonsan-Kalma tourist zone is on the east coast. Its (2) _________________________________ new hotels can accommodate 20,000 guests. State media reported that the (3) _________________________________ resort is the first of many developments planned throughout the country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut the (4) _________________________________ at a lavish opening ceremony. He called the new destination "the proud first (5) _________________________________" toward fulfilling the nation's policy of (6) _________________________________ its travel sector. He added that the resort would "play a leading (7) _________________________________ in establishing the tourist culture" of North Korea. He also said it was one of the country's "greatest (8) _________________________________" of the year.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

potential
holidaymakers
lifted
late
remains
influx
cater
concrete

This new destination is North Korea's latest site for (9) _________________________________. It will initially (10) _________________________________ to the domestic market, but officials say it will welcome foreign visitors. The Korean Central News Agency reported that Russian tours will start in (11) _________________________________ July. A state official stated that there could be an (12) _________________________________ of Chinese tourists. "We are monitoring the (13) _________________________________ resumption of large-scale Chinese group tours to North Korea, but no (14) _________________________________ signs have emerged yet." Chinese travellers constituted more than 90 per cent of visitors before the coronavirus pandemic. North Korea hasn't fully (15) _________________________________ a ban on foreign visitors that it imposed during COVID-19. It (16) _________________________________ unclear when other international guests will be able to visit.

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) North Korea will open a beach resort on Tuesday to provide a boost to ______
     a. its tourism industrial
     b. its tourism industry
     c. its tourism industrious
     d. its tourism in dust tree
2) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut the ribbon at a ______
     a. lavish open in ceremony
     b. lavish opening ceremonial
     c. lavish opening ceremony
     d. slavish opening ceremony
3) the proud first step toward fulfilling the nation's policy of expanding ______
     a. its travel sector
     b. its travel vector
     c. its travel nectar
     d. its travel hector
4) the resort would play a leading role in establishing ______
     a. the tourist cultured
     b. the tourist couture
     c. the tourist creative
     d. the tourist culture
5) He also said it was one of the ______
     a. country's "greatest feats"
     b. country's "greatest heats"
     c. country's "greatest treats"
     d. country's "greatest frets"

6) It will initially cater to ______
     a. the domestique market
     b. the domestic marquee
     c. the domestic market
     d. the domestic mark it
7) The Korean Central News Agency reported that Russian tours will start ______
     a. in rate July
     b. in late July
     c. in last July
     d. in latte July
8) A state official stated that there could ______
     a. been an influx
     b. be an influx
     c. be an reflux
     d. be an index
9) North Korea, but no concrete signs ______
     a. have submerged yet
     b. have merged yet
     c. have emerged yet
     d. have emergency yet
10) North Korea hasn't fully lifted a ban on foreign visitors ______
     a. that it an posed
     b. that it reposed
     c. that it in posed
     d. that it imposed

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

North Korea will open a beach resort on Tuesday to (1) _______________________________________________ to its tourism industry. The Wonsan-Kalma tourist zone is on the east coast. (2) _______________________________________________ hotels can accommodate 20,000 guests. State media reported that (3) _______________________________________________ is the first of many developments planned throughout the country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut the ribbon at a (4) _______________________________________________. He called the new destination "the proud first step" toward fulfilling the nation's (5) _______________________________________________ its travel sector. He added that the resort would "play a leading role in establishing the tourist culture" of North Korea. He also said it was one of the (6) _______________________________________________ of the year.

This new destination is North Korea's latest (7) _______________________________________________. It will (8) _______________________________________________ the domestic market, but officials say it will welcome foreign visitors. The Korean Central News Agency reported that Russian tours will start in late July. A (9) _______________________________________________ that there could be an influx of Chinese tourists. "We are monitoring the (10) _______________________________________________ large-scale Chinese group tours to North Korea, but no concrete signs (11) _______________________________________________." Chinese travellers constituted more than 90 per cent of visitors before the coronavirus pandemic. North Korea hasn't fully lifted a ban on foreign visitors that it imposed during COVID-19. (12) _______________________________________________ when other international guests will be able to visit.

Comprehension questions

What is the new resort intended to boost?
How many people can stay at the resort at any one time?
What did North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un cut?
What kind of opening ceremony was it?
What did North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un call the resort?
Who will the resort cater to at first?
When will Russian tourists be able to stay at the resort?
What does the article say there could be an influx of?
Before COVID-19, what percentage of tourists in N. Korea were Chinese?
When will international visitors get to stay at the resort?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What is the new resort intended to boost?
a) North Korea's image
b) North Korea's tourism industry
c) North Korea's resort numbers
d) North Korea's hospitality service
2) How many people can stay at the resort at any one time?
a) 70,000
b) 50,000
c) 32,000
d) 20,000
3) What did North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un cut?
a) some paper
b) a rope
c) a ribbon
d) a lock of hair
4) What kind of opening ceremony was it?
a) a lavish one
b) a simple one
c) a momentous one
d) a historic one
5) What did North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un call the resort?
a) amazing
b) one of N. Koreas greatest feats of the year
c) the greatest resort in the world
d) a masterpiece

6) Who will the resort cater to at first?
a) the domestic market
b) the workers who built it
c) the staff who will work there
d) children
7) When will Russian tourists be able to stay at the resort?
a) immediately
b) in six months
c) in late July
d) from September
8) What does the article say there could be an influx of?
a) Chinese tourists
b) diplomats
c) tour groups
d) high-end travellers
9) Before COVID-19, what percentage of tourists in N. Korea were Chinese?
a) just less than 90%
b) around 90%
c) exactly 90%
d) more than 90%
10) When will international visitors get to stay at the resort?
a) from late July
b) After COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted.
c) It's still unclear.
d) next year

Role play

Role A – Beach Resorts
You think beach resorts are best. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their resorts. Also, tell the others which is the least appealing of these (and why): mountain resorts, desert resorts or arctic resorts.

Role B – Mountain Resorts
You think mountain resorts are best. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their resorts. Also, tell the others which is the least appealing of these (and why): beach resorts, desert resorts or arctic resorts.

Role C – Desert Resorts
You think desert resorts are best. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their resorts. Also, tell the others which is the least appealing of these (and why): mountain resorts, beach resorts or arctic resorts.

Role D – Arctic Resorts
You think arctic resorts are best. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their resorts. Also, tell the others which is the least appealing of these (and why): mountain resorts, desert resorts or beach resorts.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'beach'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'resort'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

•Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

boost

zone

many

cut

first

year

latest

welcome

late

concrete

fully

unclear

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - Beach Resorts

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'beach'?
What do you think of beach resorts?
Which are better, beach resorts or mountain resorts?
How is the tourism in your country?
Would you like to visit North Korea?
Are hotels the best types of accommodation?
What are the good things about beach resorts?
What is your country's greatest feat of recent years?
What advice do you have for North Korea's tourism officials?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'resort'?
What do you think about what you read?
Do you like being a holidaymaker?
Which beach would you like to visit?
What do you think of tour groups?
Which countries are top of your bucket list?
Are beach resorts or city hotels better places to stay?
What do you think of your country's top destination?
What questions would you like to ask North Korea's leader?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

North Korea will open a beach resort on Tuesday to provide a (1) ____ to its tourism industry. The Wonsan-Kalma tourist zone is (2) ____ the east coast. Its gleaming new hotels can accommodate 20,000 guests. State media reported (3) ____ the flagship resort is the first of many developments planned throughout the country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut the ribbon at a (4) ____ opening ceremony. He called the new destination "the proud first step" toward fulfilling the nation's policy of expanding its travel (5) ____. He added that the resort would "play a leading role in establishing the tourist culture" of North Korea. He also said it was one of the country's "greatest (6) ____" of the year.

This new destination is North Korea's latest site for holidaymakers. It will initially (7) ____ to the domestic market, but officials say it will (8) ____ foreign visitors. The Korean Central News Agency reported that Russian tours will start in late July. A state official stated that there could be an influx of Chinese tourists. "We are monitoring the potential resumption (9) ____ large-scale Chinese group tours to North Korea, but no (10) ____ signs have emerged yet." Chinese travellers constituted more than 90 per cent of visitors before the coronavirus pandemic. North Korea hasn't fully (11) ____ a ban on foreign visitors that it imposed during COVID-19. It (12) ____ unclear when other international guests will be able to visit.

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a) beast (b) baste (c) boast (d) boost
(a) as (b) to (c) of (d) on
(a) what (b) that (c) such (d) like
(a) outlandish (b) lava (c) lavish (d) dovish
(a) vector (b) nectar (c) sector (d) proctor
(a) feats (b) toes (c) heels (d) ankles
(a) crater (b) cater (c) clatter (d) canter
(a) welcome (b) greeting (c) pleasure (d) visit
(a) at (b) of (c) by (d) on
(a) cement (b) plaster (c) concrete (d) adhesive
(a) upped (b) heightened (c) lifted (d) elevated
(a) still (b) stills (c) remaining (d) remains

Spelling

Paragraph 1

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Paragraph 2

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Put the text back together

(    )    20,000 guests. State media reported that the flagship resort is the first of many developments planned
(    )    ceremony. He called the new destination "the proud first step" toward fulfilling the nation's policy of expanding
(    )    during COVID-19. It remains unclear when other international guests will be able to visit.
(    )    in establishing the tourist culture" of North Korea. He also said it was one of the country's "greatest feats" of the year.
(    )    its travel sector. He added that the resort would "play a leading role
(    )    market, but officials say it will welcome foreign visitors. The Korean Central News Agency reported that Russian tours
(    )    monitoring the potential resumption of large-scale Chinese group tours to North Korea, but no concrete
( 1 )   North Korea will open a beach resort on Tuesday to provide a boost to its tourism industry. The Wonsan-Kalma tourist
(    )    signs have emerged yet." Chinese travellers constituted more than 90 per cent of visitors before
(    )    the coronavirus pandemic. North Korea hasn't fully lifted a ban on foreign visitors that it imposed
(    )    This new destination is North Korea's latest site for holidaymakers. It will initially cater to the domestic
(    )    throughout the country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut the ribbon at a lavish opening
(    )    will start in late July. A state official stated that there could be an influx of Chinese tourists. "We are
(    )    zone is on the east coast. Its gleaming new hotels can accommodate

Put the words in the right order

1. Provide   industry   to   its   tourism   a   boost   .
2. The   first   is   of   flagship   resort   the   many   .
3. The   nation's   of   policy   travel   its   sector   expanding   .
4. Play   establishing   culture   tourist   leading   a   in   role   .
5. It   feats   one   the   of   was   country's   greatest   .
6. It   cater   market   will   to   initially   the   domestic   .
7. There   could   of   influx   an   Chinese   tourists   be   .
8. The   Chinese   potential   group   large-scale   of   tours   resumption
9. Chinese   more   visitors   90%   than   constituted   travellers   of   .
10. It   a   ban   hasn't   lifted   on   fully   visitors   .

Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

North Korea will open a beach resort on Tuesday to provide a boast / boost to its tourism industry / industrial. The Wonsan-Kalma tourist zone is on the east coast. Its gleaming / gleaning new hotels can accommodate 20,000 guests. State medium / media reported that the flagship resort is the first of many develops / developments planned throughout the country. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut the ribbon to / at a lavish opening ceremony. He called the new destination "the proud / pride first step" toward fulfilling the nation's policy of / on expanding its travel sector. He added that the resort would "play a leading role in / at establishing the tourist culture" of North Korea. He also said it was one of the country's "greatest feats" on / of the year.

This new destination is North Korea's latest site for holidaymakers. It will initially cater to / at the domestic market, but officials say that / it will welcome foreign visitors. The Korean Central News Agency reported what / that Russian tours will start on / in late July. A state official stated that there could be an influx / flux of Chinese tourists. "We are monitoring the potential resumption of large-scale Chinese grouped / group tours to North Korea, but no concrete signs have emerged / emergence yet." Chinese travellers constituted more than 90 per cent of visitors before the coronavirus pandemic. North Korea hasn't fully / full lifted a ban on foreign visitors that it imposed during COVID-19. It remains unclear when another / other international guests will be able to / for visit.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

north korea will open a beach resort on tuesday to provide a boost to its tourism industry the wonsankalma tourist zone is on the east coast its gleaming new hotels can accommodate 20000 guests state media reported that the flagship resort is the first of many developments planned throughout the country north korean leader kim jong un cut the ribbon at a lavish opening ceremony he called the new destination the proud first step toward fulfilling the nations policy of expanding its travel sector he added that the resort would play a leading role in establishing the tourist culture of north korea he also said it was one of the countrys greatest feats of the year

this new destination is north koreas latest site for holidaymakers it will initially cater to the domestic market but officials say it will welcome foreign visitors the korean central news agency reported that russian tours will start in late july a state official stated that there could be an influx of chinese tourists we are monitoring the potential resumption of largescale chinese group tours to north korea but no concrete signs have emerged yet chinese travellers constituted more than 90 per cent of visitors before the coronavirus pandemic north korea isnt fully lifted a ban on foreign visitors that it imposed during covid19 it remains unclear when other international guests will be able to visit

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

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leamingnewhotelscanaccommodate20,000guests.Statemediarepor
tedthattheflagshipresortisthefirstofmanydevelopmentsplannedthro
ughoutthecountry.NorthKoreanleaderKimJongUncuttheribbonatala
vishopeningceremony.Hecalledthenewdestination"theproudfirstste
p"towardfulfillingthenation'spolicyofexpandingitstravelsector.Head
dedthattheresortwould"playaleadingroleinestablishingthetouristcul
ture"ofNorthKorea.Healsosaiditwasoneofthecountry's"greatestfeat
s"oftheyear.ThisnewdestinationisNorthKorea'slatestsiteforholiday
makers.Itwillinitiallycatertothedomesticmarket,butofficialssayitwill
welcomeforeignvisitors.TheKoreanCentralNewsAgencyreportedtha
tRussiantourswillstartinlateJuly.Astateofficialstatedthattherecould
beaninfluxofChinesetourists."Wearemonitoringthepotentialresump
tionoflarge-scaleChinesegrouptourstoNorthKorea,butnoconcretesi
gnshaveemergedyet."Chinesetravellersconstitutedmorethan90per
centofvisitorsbeforethecoronaviruspandemic.NorthKoreahasn'tfull
yliftedabanonforeignvisitorsthatitimposedduringCOVID-19.Itremai
nsunclearwhenotherinternationalguestswillbeabletovisit.

Free writing

Write about North Korea beach resort for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Academic writing

Beach resorts are better than mountain resorts. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Homework

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. BEACH RESORTS: Make a poster about beach resorts. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. TOURISM: Write a magazine article about tourism. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on beach resorts. Ask him/her three questions about them. Give him/her three of your ideas on how to make them better. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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Using the central characters in the article
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