2006-12-22 03:17:25 · 11 answers · asked by duckee 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Korea
Thanks, I mean as a UK citizen. I realise the ethical implications, but it's important to note that going for a weekend shopping in New York also supports a government that has the death penalty and holds people prisoner without trial.
2006-12-22 03:54:30 · update #1
As a UK citizen you will have no problems. The only people who cannot get visas are the Americans (which is understandable). The best place to go for information is Koryo Tours, www.koryogroup.com. It is a bizarre trip.
2006-12-23 02:22:57 · answer #1 · answered by Homeless in Seoul 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. North Korea do no longer understand the country and South Korea*... * for South Korea, for some no longer high priced motives ($$$), south koreans via using using Hyundai ASAN's commute workplace, can pass to the Diamonds mounts in North Korea (the trip fee US $3 hundred / day/pers.)
2016-10-15 10:46:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean "as an American citizen"...
I don't believe it's possible to legally visit North Korea (although I haven't found where it is specifically forbidden on either travel.state.gov or cia.gov).
As for the responder who said it's still a "divided country"... North Korea is NOT a divided country; there is the country North Korea and the country South Korea. Calling North Korea a "divided country" is like calling North Carolina a divided state and warning you not to go there until they sort things out. North Carolina is a state, period, as is South Carolina. (North and South Dakota, too...)
Check out the websites I mentioned above for heaps of detailed information.
2006-12-22 03:39:23 · answer #3 · answered by SkyDotCom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, but I think the only place where you can currently get a visa to North Korea is China.
I don't know if all nationals are allowed to get a visa. You might want to ask at the North Korean consulate in Beijing.
2006-12-22 03:20:57 · answer #4 · answered by chapinero 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but only package tours are available and they are expensive. Word is all the locals on the Pyongyang subway system are actors and they snap into their happy/busy citizen routine whenever tour groups are given a ride.
2006-12-24 18:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are tours in North Korea. Our South Korean travel agent also conducts tours there in North Korea. They have very beautiful scenery according to him.
2006-12-22 12:30:58 · answer #6 · answered by chelsea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it. Even official trade visitors have to stay in a particular hotel type building. You would be taken by officials to see things they would want you to see. But more importantly, you would be helping to support one of the most narrow-minded misguided and vicious governments in the world.
2006-12-22 03:29:39 · answer #7 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might be but who would want to? (- just picking up some points) Considering it is still a divided country with a good amount of cold war mentality still, would not be my first choice destination
2006-12-22 03:23:41 · answer #8 · answered by william john l 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Andy Kershaw did.
2006-12-22 03:25:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just dress in the uniform of US Marine, and they give you free tours
2006-12-22 03:22:09 · answer #10 · answered by ROMFT 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋