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[freesolo]

has anyone ever visited north korea and how did you go about the visa and such???

[turtlepi1]

I don't know the answer, but I am interested also...
Not just the mountain on the other side but actually into North Korea.

Sorry if this starts complaints about supporting the North Korean government with my travel dollars, but realistically it can be argued that by not visiting these places we never shine light on the reality of what is happening there.

Besides, with the amount the US dumps into North Korea I'm sure KIM Chong-il isn't getting rich off my travel dollars...

[peemil]

There's lots of websites that can help you...

[baldrick]

You can only enter through Beijing, via train or rail. Check out this website
www.koryogroup.com.

[funplanet]

koryogroup is quite good.......visas usually easy to get

[marista99]

[Derrek]

Ask The Great Wall of Whiner...

He got too close (from the China side) and got robbed by a NK border guard.

[trevorcollins]

You can probably download that Holidays in the Axis of Evil special that was on BBC last year. I want to go to NK also. The price is somewhat steep....around 2000 bucks for a week. It'd be a unique place to see I think.
From what I hear if you book onto the tour it's easy to arrange the visa. Just takes several weeks. Usually the tours coincide with some kind of major festival. Korean Independence Day or Kim Il Sung's birthday. Make sure you have a reentry visa to get back into China or you may be a Nork for the rest of your life. Have a good time.

[I_Am_Wrong]

you can only travel in groups and you have to have a North Korean guide with you at all times. I'd also be extremely interested...how many people in the world can say they've been to the world's most isolated and mysterious country. In general, the usual trip is one week and the only currency they accept is Euros....further driving up the price. You have to go to beijing first right? I have a book that lists some good travel agents to book through for North Korea, I'll look them up again.

[trevorcollins]

Thinking about it, at that price I'd probably rather go to Bhutan.
An even more isolated country, and you're not putting $ in the pocket of KJI.

[baldrick]

[endo]

I defenitally plan on visiting North Korea in a couple of years.

However,what I was wondering is that would it be difficult to re-enter South Korea after visiting the North?

I believe that immigration in North Korea doesn't stamp you passport, but wouldn't the South Korean officials question you on why you have a re-entry permit to China?

[trevorcollins]

[mithridates]

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Here's what the application form looks like...S. Korean officials don't mind if you visit the North. Even Koreans can take a direct plane from Seoul to Pyongyang and stay there for three days, though they can't leave the city and have to go straight back to Seoul.

[rapier]

I'm fascinated by tales out of N.K.
My cousin went there to film for TV news channel, at the reactor in Yongbyon. He said guards showed him exactly what to film the whole time, holding his lens and directing it constantly. The workers at the plant appeared malnourished, spoke near-gibberish, and hadn't been paid for months.
Another guy went for the purpose of doing a wildlife/bird census. However he was denied the use of camera or binoculars and was unable to gather any information: denied conversational access to ordinary people, and ferried from A to B at breakneck speed by his chaperones, who were very nice but uncomfortable about letting him do anything much.