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Eastern Asia travel guide
North Korea
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
Visa required
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Capital
- Pyongyang
- Currency
- North Korean won (KPW ₩)
- Languages
- Korean
- Calling code
- +850
- Area
- 1,20,538 km²
- Region
- Eastern Asia
Who can get in easily
0 of 198 passports can enter North Korea without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for North Korea by passport
IndiaVisa required
United StatesVisa required
United KingdomVisa required
United Arab EmiratesVisa required
ChinaVisa required
SingaporeVisa required
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
Sri LankaVisa required
NepalVisa required
NigeriaVisa required
PhilippinesVisa required
CanadaVisa required
AustraliaVisa required
GermanyVisa required
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
South Korea
RussiaSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.