Historic Travel Milestone set in North Korea 🇰🇵

Recently a world record was set for the most people completing their final UN country — North Korea — on the same trip.

A total of 14 travellers achieved the incredible feat of visiting all 193 UN countries, becoming UN Masters during the Pyongyang Marathon.

There are quite a few "first" UN193 achievers in various categories:

Mette Ehlers Mikkelsen, 53, Denmark
– First Danish woman to visit every country in the world.

Cameron Mofid, 25, Iranian-American
– The youngest verified UN Master on NomadMania.

Bader Alshuaib, 35, Kuwait
– First Arab to visit all UN193 countries plus both the North and South Poles.

Igor Pangrazio, 51, Paraguay
– First UN Master from Paraguay

Carla Zanellini, 58, Italy
– First Italian woman to complete the UN193 list.

Valerie Svobodova, 39, Czech Republic
– First Czech woman UN Master.

Nopparat Rattanawaraha, Thailand
– First Thai UN Master.

Andrea Muñoz, 28, Venezuela/Austria
- First Venezuelan woman UN Master.

Dong Zhang, 30, China
- The youngest Chinese UN Master on NomadMania.

Kari Karanko, 66, Finland

Gary Fox, 65, United Kingdom

Giancarlo Ambrosino, 51, Brazil

Two more travellers to be confirmed.

Let’s celebrate these determined people, who bring to 18 the number of new UN Masters celebrating in North Korea in the past two months.

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Ultimate Report on People Who Visited Every Country in the World

In part thanks to the record number of new UN Masters, we have updated our Ultimate Report on People Who Visited Every Country in the World, which was first published in January 2024.

Up to now in 2025, we have already recorded over 30 new UN Masters - at this rate, we might reach a new record this year :-)

You'll find a lot of new updated statistics about the UN Masters, including:

Nationality;
Gender;
Ethnicity;
Age;
Last visited countries

Read up on the Ultimate Report on People Who Visited Every Country.

NomadMania & Filipino World Travelers Joint Meeting in the Philippines

NomadMania and Filipino World Travelers (FWT) held their first-ever joint Philippines event in Makati City, Metro Manila on April 6 to celebrate FWT’s 2nd Anniversary and our exciting new partnership!

Eighteen Filipino global explorers came together for travel stories, anniversary cake and balloons, and a zoom call with over 20 NomadMania and FWT members worldwide including Luisa Yu, Kach Umandap and Dondon Bales.