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Originally Posted by texdav
Didn;t they just arrest two American tourist for basically nothing? Seems they just decide you offended the regime.
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Exactly.
Of course, you don't have to worry about getting beheaded, like in Iraq or Afghanistan. But if you call it "safer," you are just so naive. Your personal safety from those crimes is guaranteed, because 24/7 you are under their protection (under their "monitoring" to be precise). I don't know what your point is to the visit and experience there, but if this is what you want, go ahead.
Having unique experience? Going to prison is also unique experience, so would you go to prison just to get unique experience? Someone mentioned that about 2 percent of US population is imprisoned. Well, I would say you have a lot more personal freedom in a prison in the US than outside a prison in NK.
I wish the OP and other followers, if any, at least did their homework first.
There have been several US citizens arrested and detained there. Currently 3 US citizens are detained/imprisoned. The most bothersome part to me is, it is really a mystery what really happened--what have they done wrong? No one really knows for sure and even those who got "rescued" keep their mouth shut after coming back to the US. They don't claim their innocence nor accept their guilt.
From little we know, some of the examples of transgression that get you in trouble are---
1) talking anything negative about their regime and good things about the world outside NK..... Yeah, try them and see what happens.
2) leaving the Bible or any Christian materials in the hotel room--you will be accused of "overturning" the sovereignty of their people. Tell them it was an innocent mistake, not a plotted attempt? Well, good luck. This is why they are not called "government" but a "regime."
3) if you are a Korean War veteran, you are the their enemy. Period. It doesn't matter it was half a century ago.
The list goes on and I'm sure there are a ton of information on the internet. Some people are just refusing to get the information.
By the way, this is nothing to do with one's political orientation. No need for bashing Fox News.
(Edit) I didn't see the last posting. I'm not entirely sure if I did not waste my time.
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