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Just make sure you are not a veteran of any war, or in any other way objectionable, before going. Because then you have a good chance of being detained and para
by pekk 13y ago
Just make sure you are not a veteran of any war, or in any other way objectionable, before going. Because then you have a good chance of being detained and paraded around with a false confession.
The purpose of this "tourism," other than propaganda, is to get hard cash to the government of North Korea
- EliRivers 13y agoIt's a very small amount of hard currency compared to their main sources of hard currency; I suspect that if they took the resources they devote to tourism and instead put them into boosting their other revenue streams, they'd get more money. Furthermore, a lot of the hard currency from the tourists does not go directly to the government but instead seeps into the hands of tour guides and other people the group encounters.
- agilebyte 13y agoI suspect that a lot more cash is coming from the Siberian labour camps that VICE, for example, reported on, but it would be nice to get at least rough numbers.