2006-08-17 00:25:03 · 6 answers · asked by DB4GTZ 2 in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
PS-only sensible answers please-those that know you CAN into North Korea, almost everyone who does apply for a visa gets one, it's just a long process. I know it ain't Club Med, if I went on one of those I'd kill myself first, the only sense of adventure you get on those is alcohol poisoning!!!
2006-08-17 00:59:37 · update #1
You won't get in.
2006-08-17 00:29:46 · answer #1 · answered by Ray 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Err, are you f*****g kidding me? Kim Il Jong, the swivel-eyed dictator in charge of the country, is busy enriching Uranium, claiming he wants it for nuclear power. Yeah, and I'm gonna marry Gillian Anderson. He wants it for atomic bombs, to kill his friends in South Korea. There has been a DMZ, a De-Militarised Zone between the two countries for decades. South Korea is more liberated and Westernised, however, you don't want to be in their country and cause offence, and there are so many ways... Deeply ingrained in the Korean - North and South - mindset, is that they are infallibly correct. Do not attempt to correct them on anything, do not look for an apology, lest words turn very quickly to violence. I'm not being racist, if you asked me about behaviour of bears or horses, I would give you the facts. These are the facts, relating to the trend amongst Korean people, as a nation... The police in South Korea are said to spend more on tear gas than all the American forces do! When Seoul hosted the Olympics, many Westerners learnt how little leeway they were allowed, on the end of a fist or a kung-fu kick! Many others were chased into the streets, running from meat-cleavers, the weapon of negotiation in a dispute. Do you remember the spectacle of an Olympic boxer, judged to have lost his fight, refusing to leave the ring, protesting that he was victorious? This has happened only rarely. And each time it was a Korean, telling everyone that they were wrong, he was right.
So, the if the South is somewhere to take great personal care, the North, if you were allowed in, is somewhere that some 12% of the population starved to death last year, and the difference between an eight year old boy in the North and one in the South, is that the Southern boy will be six inches taller and twenty pounds heavier.
So, North Korea. Not exactly Club Med.
2006-08-17 00:44:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is contact the nearest North Korean embassy. If there is not one in your country, find one that is close. Also, don't worry about what other people say about the country, it is a chance for you to see the country with your own eyes. Be warned that you will be watch and most like need to hire an official interpreter. Go for the adventure and to open your eyes to a different way that people live. In no way does going there mean you support the government there but it is a good way to make up your own mind about the country.
2006-08-17 01:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by Jeffery B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very hard for foriegners to visit North Korea.
Your best option is to go to Seoul, South Korea, and take one of the tours of the DMZ. That is the closest you're gonna get without getting killed.
2006-08-17 00:29:57 · answer #4 · answered by Adam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where you're traveling from, but there is a travel ban on North Korea for Americans.
2006-08-17 00:29:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please be aware that you can only go as part of an organized tour, and it will be strictly controlled by the North Korean authorities. You will not be allowed to leave your hotel and just go for a walk by yourself, for example.
2006-08-20 04:39:23 · answer #6 · answered by banjuja58 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋