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Fermentator75



Joined: 27 Jul 2009
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:52 pm    Post subject: Advice Please... Is it Safe To Bring?... Reply with quote
I have an 80's copyright version of The Anarchist's Cookbook that I want to bring when I get to Korea in December. Is this a bad idea? Will my bags be searched upon entry and this keepsake confiscated? I don't want to be on some terrorist watch list for having a read that is a great coffee table book. Not looking to burn the house down or start a revolution... just wondering.
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
As with a hunting knife, rolling papers, dirty lingerie, nude baby photos, ziplock bags of oregano, or the lastest issue of Child Model magazine, what good will bringing such a book to Korea serve?
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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
djsmnc wrote:
As with a hunting knife, rolling papers, dirty lingerie, nude baby photos, ziplock bags of oregano, or the lastest issue of Child Model magazine, what good will bringing such a book to Korea serve?


I agree with everything apart from the bolded. I always pick up some tobacco from duty free

However the chances of getting searched are slim to none, korea has one of the worst customs I have traveled through. (worst as in lax)
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MollyBloom



Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
blackjack wrote:
djsmnc wrote:
As with a hunting knife, rolling papers, dirty lingerie, nude baby photos, ziplock bags of oregano, or the lastest issue of Child Model magazine, what good will bringing such a book to Korea serve?


I agree with everything apart from the bolded. I always pick up some tobacco from duty free

However the chances of getting searched are slim to none, korea has one of the worst customs I have traveled through. (worst as in lax)


3 years ago they confiscated my small pepper spray bottle. I was surprised they found it.
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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
MollyBloom wrote:
blackjack wrote:
djsmnc wrote:
As with a hunting knife, rolling papers, dirty lingerie, nude baby photos, ziplock bags of oregano, or the lastest issue of Child Model magazine, what good will bringing such a book to Korea serve?


I agree with everything apart from the bolded. I always pick up some tobacco from duty free

However the chances of getting searched are slim to none, korea has one of the worst customs I have traveled through. (worst as in lax)


3 years ago they confiscated my small pepper spray bottle. I was surprised they found it.


You took pepperspray on a plane Shocked
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Reggie



Joined: 21 Sep 2009
PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
blackjack wrote:
However the chances of getting searched are slim to none, korea has one of the worst customs I have traveled through. (worst as in lax)


I've had the opposite experience. My person and bags get searched and I get questioned every single time I depart or arrive at airports in South Korea and the United States (I'm a US citizen). It never happens in Europe, Vietnam, Singapore, etc.

To the OP,

I think it would be very stupid to bring a book like the Anarchist Cookbook due to the irrational hysteria associated with air travel these days. But if you do take it, maybe it would be a good idea to put the jacket from a boring book and place it over that one to keep it in good condition.
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Reggie wrote:
blackjack wrote:
However the chances of getting searched are slim to none, korea has one of the worst customs I have traveled through. (worst as in lax)


I've had the opposite experience. My person and bags get searched and I get questioned every single time I depart or arrive at airports in South Korea and the United States (I'm a US citizen). It never happens in Europe, Vietnam, Singapore, etc.



Is your name Jong Il?
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sketcha



Joined: 05 Sep 2007
Location: Seoul, South Korea
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
would Korean immigration know what that book is?

but yeah, with all the terrorist hysteria, not really a good idea to bring with you

btw, there are electronic version of that book
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Reggie



Joined: 21 Sep 2009
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
djsmnc wrote:
Reggie wrote:
blackjack wrote:
However the chances of getting searched are slim to none, korea has one of the worst customs I have traveled through. (worst as in lax)


I've had the opposite experience. My person and bags get searched and I get questioned every single time I depart or arrive at airports in South Korea and the United States (I'm a US citizen). It never happens in Europe, Vietnam, Singapore, etc.



Is your name Jong Il?


Of course not. Jong Il is Korean. It's obviously against Incheon airport security procedures to search Koreans or any other east Asians. Even a couple of months after the guy from Seoul mass murdered a bunch of people at a university near my hometown in the USA, I got searched twice at Incheon airport, but didn't see any of the many Asians get searched even once.

The odds are the OP wouldn't get searched at an American airport, although I have seen the elderly and even very, very young girls get searched and questioned by the TSA while I've waited in the "enhanced security" area for my turn. But I think if the OP is a gyopo, he could carry the Anarchist Cookbook along with all the ingredients in his carry on and Korean customs wouldn't care.

I like Singapore's airport the best. They're extremely friendly and don't harrass flyers. But they do have signs up warning of the death penalty if certain laws are broken and from what I've read, they're not joking. That commands respect. Dog & pony shows don't.
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Fermentator75



Joined: 27 Jul 2009
PostPosted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for most of the responses. An electronic version defeats the purpose of having something cool to flip through. When they invent a smell chip that makes the electronic book smell like... a book, I might get one. I am not looking to cook anything up, but the text and drawings are cool. I wanted to share something with others who may have never seen it for whatever reason. Probably not a good idea also, considering I have been mistaken for middle eastern even though I am white, less so when clean shaven as I will be from here on out anyway. I think I will keep the inner rebel at bay in Korea so as to not stand out if possible. The Anarchist Cookbook may not be the best thing to have on a coffee table when the Director of my school pays a visit! My copy of The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry will suffice.
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