[...] Uri Tours, based in New Jersey, recently announced on its website that it has received a strong indication tours will be allowed to resume in January, "just in time" for foreign skiers to hit the slopes of Masik Pass, which it calls the "most exotic ski destination on earth." Beijing-based Koryo Tours is promoting travel packages from late January for the ski resort — though with a little less fanfare than Uri Tours — and is taking applications for the marathon. Since the Ebola measures were announced in late October, visas for non-essential travel have been halted and, regardless of country or region of origin, all foreigners allowed in are technically subject to quarantine under medical observation for 21 days. In tandem with its announcement of the Ebola measures, North Korean media launched a daily barrage of reports for domestic consumption depicting the dangers of the disease and how their government had jumped into action to protect the nation from its horrors. A U.S.