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Great feedback ! From your first sentence, i assume you are american ? Would you recommend it to non americans that wish to enter us soil within the decade ?

ruddct 7y ago
Correct, and yep would highly recommend going. Tough to imagine it causing an issue getting into the US, as the trip originates/terminates in China and doesn't get you a passport stamp. (Disclaimer: US immigration politics are crazy right now, so obviously take all that with a healthy grain of salt)
- alexhutcheson 7y ago
  It's hard for me to understand why someone would want to go after reading about the case of Otto Warmbier[1]. There are plenty of interesting and exciting places to visit in the world that don't put you at the mercy of DPRK officials and their reaction to geopolitical events. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Warmbier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Warmbier
  - ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
    Not that I condone traveling to North Korea, but Otto is almost definitely the example of "don't do something dumb" the op was thinking of. >The tour group celebrated New Year's Eve by carousing in Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung Square before returning to their accommodations at the Yanggakdo International Hotel, where they continued drinking alcohol. Early in the morning of New Year's Day, Warmbier allegedly tried to steal a propaganda poster from a staff-only area of the hotel. He stole a poster. [1] In North Korea. It was young and stupid and he shouldn't died for it, but he did break a law while he was over there. [1] https://globalnews.ca/video/3544639/video-appearing-to-show-otto-warmbier-taking-north-korean-banner-released https://globalnews.ca/video/3544639/video-appearing-to-show-...
    - andrecarini 7y ago
      > don't do something dumb > he stole a poster How are we certain that he did in fact steal the poster? For all we know he could have been entirely innocent and any other tourist could have been arrested and tortured for forged reasons too.
      - ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
        Well in this case there is a video.
        coin 7y ago
        It’s not clear in the video that it was him
  - brianshaler 7y ago
    Is it also hard for you to understand why someone would go to the US after reading about the case of Eric Garner[1]? There are plenty of interesting and exciting places to visit in the world that don't put you at the mercy of police officers and their reaction to selling cigarettes. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Eric_Garner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Eric_Garner
    - asdff 7y ago
      Orders of magnitude apples and oranges here. Only a couple thousand westerners go to north korea a year. Compared to the 35 million people who smoke in the US and live to see another cigarette, I'd say you have better odds visiting the US.

ruddct 7y ago

Correct, and yep would highly recommend going. Tough to imagine it causing an issue getting into the US, as the trip originates/terminates in China and doesn't get you a passport stamp. (Disclaimer: US immigration politics are crazy right now, so obviously take all that with a healthy grain of salt)

alexhutcheson 7y ago
It's hard for me to understand why someone would want to go after reading about the case of Otto Warmbier[1]. There are plenty of interesting and exciting places to visit in the world that don't put you at the mercy of DPRK officials and their reaction to geopolitical events. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Warmbier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Warmbier
- ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
  Not that I condone traveling to North Korea, but Otto is almost definitely the example of "don't do something dumb" the op was thinking of. >The tour group celebrated New Year's Eve by carousing in Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung Square before returning to their accommodations at the Yanggakdo International Hotel, where they continued drinking alcohol. Early in the morning of New Year's Day, Warmbier allegedly tried to steal a propaganda poster from a staff-only area of the hotel. He stole a poster. [1] In North Korea. It was young and stupid and he shouldn't died for it, but he did break a law while he was over there. [1] https://globalnews.ca/video/3544639/video-appearing-to-show-otto-warmbier-taking-north-korean-banner-released https://globalnews.ca/video/3544639/video-appearing-to-show-...
  - andrecarini 7y ago
    > don't do something dumb > he stole a poster How are we certain that he did in fact steal the poster? For all we know he could have been entirely innocent and any other tourist could have been arrested and tortured for forged reasons too.
    - ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
      Well in this case there is a video.
      - coin 7y ago
        It’s not clear in the video that it was him
- brianshaler 7y ago
  Is it also hard for you to understand why someone would go to the US after reading about the case of Eric Garner[1]? There are plenty of interesting and exciting places to visit in the world that don't put you at the mercy of police officers and their reaction to selling cigarettes. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Eric_Garner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Eric_Garner
  - asdff 7y ago
    Orders of magnitude apples and oranges here. Only a couple thousand westerners go to north korea a year. Compared to the 35 million people who smoke in the US and live to see another cigarette, I'd say you have better odds visiting the US.