US extends travel ban on N. Korea for another year

The Biden administration is extending a Trump-era ban on travel to North Korea for one year, Report informs, citing the Associated Press.

In an unpublished federal register notice, the State Department announced that the ban would be extended to Aug. 31, 2022, unless otherwise revoked earlier.

Under the ban, all U.S. passports are invalid for travel to North Korea unless “specifically validated for such authority under the Secretary of State.”

The agency said it determined “there continues to be a serious risk to U.S. citizens and nationals of arrest and long-term detention constituting an imminent danger to their physical safety.”

The travel ban was first imposed in 2017 by then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after the death of Otto Warmbier, who was detained in North Korea.