Mar 20th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
This may come as a shocker, but traveling to North Korea as a tourist isn't exactly easy. In a country that tops the paranoia charts when it comes to dealing with "outsiders," the tourist administration in Pyongyang isn't real cool with throngs of camera-toting tourists soiling the ultra-pure North Korean populace with their strange and fetid ideals. Better to simply keep them out.
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Vagabond Tales: Tunneling beneath the 'scariest place on Earth'
Mar 20th, 2012 at 9:00AM:
This may come as a shocker, but traveling to North Korea as a tourist isn't exactly easy. In a country that tops the paranoia charts when it comes to dealing with "outsiders," the tourist administration in Pyongyang isn't real cool with throngs of camera-toting tourists soiling the ultra-pure North Korean populace with their strange and fetid ideals. Better to simply keep them out.
Sure, ...Video of the Day - Inside North Korea
Feb 8th, 2011 at 6:30PM:
North Korea is undoubtedly the most difficult country in the world to gain access to, especially if you're a journalist aiming to produce a video about the reclusive nation. For months, the travel bad boys over at VBS.tv corresponded with North Korea's representatives to arrange a guided tour of the infamous Mass Games.
After being selected as one of the only groups to cover the event, VBS ...
Making sense of the North Korean artillery attacks
Nov 23rd, 2010 at 12:30PM:
I left Uijongbu, South Korea in the second half of September 1998. My olive drab duffle bag slung over my shoulder, I walked to the bus that would take me to Osan Air Base and a flight back to Boston. My one-year tour had come to an end, and it was time to leave, with eight months in Georgia all that stood between me and my discharge.
It was a busy year, particularly because of the U.S. ...DMZ peace park a hopeful Korean destination for children
Aug 16th, 2010 at 4:30PM: In my career as a writer – and before that as a management consultant – I saw some pretty strange proposals. But, nothing that crossed my desk compared to what Jonathan Lee has put together. The 13-year-old was born in South Korea and lives in the United States, and he's going on a most unusual journey. The enterprising teenager was scheduled to fly Thursday night to Pyongyang to pitch ...DMZ water coming to a Korean grocery store near you
Jan 4th, 2010 at 2:00PM: With all the bottled water you'll find on grocery store shelves these days, any new player absolutely has to have a gimmick. There are just too many brands on the market. So, a company really does need to go the extra mile to stand out. That's probably why "DMZ 2km" is getting some media love.
DMZ 2km is drawn from a plant in the southern half of the Korean peninsula's Demilitarized Zone, the 4 ...Slip into Noko jeans: North Korean fashion in Sweden
Dec 2nd, 2009 at 3:00PM:
HELLO IT'S Noko Jeans! from Noko Jeans on Vimeo.
Capitalism fever has crossed the DMZ and wandered into North Korea. The reclusive communist state has launched a line of designer jeans, which are set to go on sale at a fashionable Stockholm department store on Friday. Drop $215 a pop to sport "Noko" brand jeans and show that you can get your hands on an unusual and hard-to-find brand. Make ...
South by Southeast: Welcome to Seoul
Oct 20th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
Seoul is not in Southeast Asia. But for a budget traveler like myself headed on to Southeast Asia, this South Korean capital has provided a perfect introduction to my trip. First-time Asian visitors "headed Southeast" often start in Tokyo, the neon Asian mega-capital of food, shopping and nightlife. Yet Seoul matches the urban amenities of Japan's uber-city pound-for-pound, all at a fraction of ...Another war-torn golf course?
Jan 29th, 2009 at 2:00PM: It's becoming pretty clear that the U.S. government equates golf with peace, freedom and stability. The best way to "ruin a good walk" is on its way to Baghdad's "Green Zone," which is what the comparatively safe part of the city is called. The Joint Contracting Command Iraq, Mission Support Division is trying to find the equipment necessary to construct a driving range on Phoenix Base in this ...Destination on the edge: golf on the DMZ
Jan 13th, 2009 at 9:00AM: The small golf course in Panmunjom is often called the most dangerous in the world. Nestled between North and South Korea – which are technically still at war – sending a ball off the fairway means that it probably won't be retrieved. Welcome to the strangest place on earth. Panmunjom is the heavily militarized "truce" village straddling the Military Demarcation Line that cuts down the ...
