North Korea has released a bizarre advert in an attempt to attract more Russian tourists to the country, despite it being illegal for women to wear bikinis in the country.

Tough international sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine have led Moscow to turn to Pyongyang for military supplies and other help.View on euronews

North Korea marked a founding anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party with a celebratory concert and banquet, and leader Kim Jong Un called for renewed training of all workers into revolutionaries espousing communism,