trebor04

Hey!

I've wanted to do a NK trip for a long time. I'm pretty into the whole subject, owning most books about the country, reading the NK news every day etc. However, after reading books by defectors (Kang Chol-Hwan, Shin Dong-Hyuk etc), they are pretty vocal in their opposition of people going to North Korea for tourist purposes, and essentially handing money to the regime that brutalised these people so inhumanely. I do doubt a lot of the media hyperbole bullshit that comes out about NK, but I don't doubt the testimonies of these guys about the human rights abuses and labour camps etc. Did any of these issues cross you mind when you booked the trip, if so, how did you get round them? At the moment my reluctance to give money to the NK government is the only thing stopping me from doing exactly what you did.

Also, I have to say it - you're pretty cute!

It's unknown if it is actually legal. It's legality is just one of those myths that the majority of reddit seem to be desperate to be true.

I’m in my 30s and have always thought about a career as an air traffic controller - what are the chances of me getting into it at this age? I’m also in the south of England for reference.