AdvertisementState Department Confirms Plan To Ban U.S. Citizens From Visiting North KoreaJuly 21, 2017Bill ChappellfacebookEmailThe U.S. is planning to ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea, tourism companies say. Earlier this week, Korean People's Army soldiers walked past portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il at the Korean Revolutionary Museum in Pyongyang. (AFP/Getty Images)