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How to Visit North Korea

Bino — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:01:32 +0000

I thought this post is a bit overdue, but better late than never! To be honest, I was astonished when I received so many questions on how to visit North Korea after writing about the things to do in Pyongyang some months back. I certainly never expected there to be many people interested to visit...

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A Peek at the North Korean Countryside

Bino — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 15:14:55 +0000

A lot has been said about the quality of life in North Korea’s rural areas that it’s initially hard to tell which is real and which is fake. For sure, some of them seem too far-fetched to be true – or are they? During those rare times when we got to venture out of Pyongyang,...

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The Greatest Show on Earth – Arirang Mass Games in North Korea

Bino — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:56:47 +0000

the amazing show! Imagine 50,000 performers in a stadium. They jump, dance and march with sheer synchronicity. Apart from this, they’re backed by another group of 50,000 performers whose job is to flash flip card propaganda mosaics using human hands. If there is ever a highlight to a trip to North Korea, the Arirang Mass...

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Visiting the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) From North Korea

Bino — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:51:59 +0000

As if a trip to North Korea wasn’t surreal enough, a standard part of every respectable “revolutionary tour” of the DPRK includes a trip down the so-called Reunification Highway for a quick visit to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). This very fact was all the more unreal to me, having had the chance to see the...

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9 Things to See in Pyongyang – North Korea

Bino — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 16:08:32 +0000

Having just arrived in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, we were met by two serious-looking “mandatory” guides who wore business suits more suitable for the secret police rather than for holiday planners. And to perhaps bring the seriousness of our trip to North Korea home, they started by giving us three rules – #1:...

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