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You might have been able to do that in Burma. I know people who have travelled to Burma, Cuba, and other places and made similar arguments that I sympathize wit
by travisp 14y ago
You might have been able to do that in Burma. I know people who have travelled to Burma, Cuba, and other places and made similar arguments that I sympathize with. But you can't do that in North Korea: you can't go stay in small family establishments or choose where to eat. The entire trip is managed by the government and even trying to give money or talk to anyone about politics is probably risking the life of the person you talk to.
That leaves your first reason, which seems like a very self-focused reason -- I could learn the same thing from visiting other countries (or spending time reading up on the many accounts of North Korea, particularly those who have escapes).
- Dav3xor 14y agoIt's difficult to do, but these guys did it -- http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/ http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
- kapsel 14y agoNo, they did not. Their NK part were arranged by KITC, the governmental travel agency of the DPRK.
- pyre 14y ago| The state North Korean tourist company KITC did | not know in advance about our route. And we did | not know what would really happen to us after | arrival at Tumangan.
- jlgreco 14y agoRight, what they saw and experience while on the train was uncensored. Everything afterwards was planned. I do love that story though. It is a great testament to the effectiveness of the "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know I couldn't do that." excuse.
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoBurma was never really clamped down like NK, heck, even Cuba isn't really clamped down. NK is probably the harshest state in the world with respect to freedom, and that alone probably makes it an interesting and unique visit. Ya, you are giving Kim Jong Un some money, but...if it would be an eye opening experience neh? If NK ever opens up, you won't have the oppurtunity every again!
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- lilsunnybee 14y ago> If NK ever opens up, you won't have the oppurtunity every again! Thank goodness for that. The sooner the better.
- mynegation 14y agoI agree with your arguments about North Korea. I was specifically answering the statement about Burma. And I agree that the first reason is very self-focused, because I believe that every change to the world around you starts with a change to yourself (corny, but still true).