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Travel to North Korea for Arirang Festival

 
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drizzt048



Joined: 03 Mar 2006

PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:06 am    Post subject: Travel to North Korea for Arirang Festival Reply with quote

I'm taking a vacation in August, and would like to go to North Korea for the games they have there, since it's a rare opportunity for an American to enter the country. Does anyone know of any sites that arranges trips there, or how else I could go about getting there?
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Travelous Maximus



Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Location: Nueva Anglia

PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:16 am    Post subject: Re: Travel to North Korea for Arirang Festival Reply with quote

drizzt048 wrote:
I'm taking a vacation in August, and would like to go to North Korea for the games they have there, since it's a rare opportunity for an American to enter the country. Does anyone know of any sites that arranges trips there, or how else I could go about getting there?


Just sneak in. They'll never know.
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just because



Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964

PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

koryo tours

http://www.koryotours.com/tours/grouptours.htm

be warned that it will run at probably 2 million won but will include a 7-10 day tour of north korea as well...

Also you have to go to beijing as you can't go overland from seoul to pyeongyang....

Always wanted to go, but never found the right time as yet...am aware of all the ethical arguments but curiosity won out.
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crazylemongirl



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...

PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

also to get a visa, you need to 'hide' that you are working in South Korea. Of all the countries to be fudging things to get a visa, I would think that North Korea would be right down the bottom of the list.
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cmr



Joined: 22 Mar 2006

PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When is it(Arirang festival) in August?
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just because



Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964

PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cmr wrote:
When is it(Arirang festival) in August?


April 15th to May 15th and August 15th to October 15th.
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JeJuJitsu



Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's

PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cmr wrote:
When is it(Arirang festival) in August?


Whenever KJI feels like having it. Really. the last several were cancelled, no explanation given. The one before that was moved back a month. No reason given. The one before that moved up a week. I'm astonished someone found actual dates. Wouldn't count on even that though.
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