North Korea said Wednesday that Mexico has “forcibly detained” one of its ships months after it ran aground off Mexico’s Gulf coast last year, and Pyongyang blames the United States for preventing the ship’s release. The head of a U.N. panel of experts, however, said the ship, the Mu Du Bong, is owned by a...Read More

As ArtWalk Vallarta begins its final weeks for the season, a new kind of walk is introduced to downtown. Today, Music Walk was announced as a walking tour through centro every Tuesday at 7 PM beginning April 14. “Callejoneada. Music walk” welcomes locals and tourists to join the walk with Rondalla de Puerto Vallarta beginning...Read More

Vallarta Lifestyles’ Restaurant Week, the annual reduced-price restaurant fest in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit has confirmed 35 participants for its upcoming 2015 edition, the same number as last year. “We are thrilled with the response that we received this year, including six restaurants participating for the first time,” commented Paco Ojeda, one of the...Read More

Armed robbers took $8.5 million in gold from a refinery at a mine in Mexico’s western Sinaloa state, a Canadian mining firm says. A statement from Canada-based McEwen Mining Inc. says the theft occurred Tuesday at the El Gallo 1 mine and involved 900 kilograms (1,984 pounds) of gold-bearing concentrate containing approximately 7,000 ounces of...Read More