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North Korea tourism?
Topic Started: Jul 3 2014, 11:15 PM (111 Views)
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To think there are people out there crazy enough to want to tour North Korea... :armyLol:

From Reuters via Yahoo News

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North Korea to restart domestic scheduled flights as tourism grows
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will reopen some of its domestic scheduled air routes for the first time in years, a China-based tour operator said on Thursday, another sign of moves to bolster tourism in the isolated country.

North Korea suffers from chronic fuel shortages, but has imported large quantities of jet fuel and gasoline from China in the first five months of this year, according to data compiled by Reuters.

"Regular flights like this have not been scheduled before - at least not in the six years we've been doing this," said Troy Collings of Young Pioneer Tours, a China-based company that specialises in taking Western tourists to North Korea.

North Korea's national airline Air Koryo will start operating the flights from mid-July, Collings said.

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Edited by MSantor, Jul 3 2014, 11:18 PM.
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North Korea tightens grip on phone SIM cards used by tourists

SEOUL (Reuters) - In a move that makes it harder for North Koreans to gain illicit access to the global Internet, North Korea now only allows mobile phone SIM cards used by tourists to be active for the duration of their visit, tourism sources told Reuters.
Unlike North Koreans, foreigners visiting the isolated country can freely browse social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter using the Koryolink domestic network.

Under a change made in July, North Korea deactivates the card when a visitor leaves, ensuring that it can not be left for use by a resident, the sources said. It can be reactivated when a visitor returns to the country.

"This basically means in practical terms that if someone leaves the country they can't simply leave their phone with a local friend and have them use the Internet," said one source, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of discussing such issues when working in North Korea.
The move could be linked to a broader crackdown on the exchange of information in North Korea, and according to the source appeared to have been government-led.

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