I was one of the first Western tourists to visit North Korea in 5 years. I was surprised we were allowed to see signs of poverty.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Luca Pferdmenges, a 23-year-old German travel influencer who was among ...
UPI

The painful road to freedom: A North Korean escapee's story

July 21 (UPI) --The following account was presented by Jihyang Kim at a recent forum of the North Korean Young Leaders' Assembly held at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C ...
The New York Times

North Korea’s Glossy New Surface: Apps, Beaches and a Fake Starbucks

Videos taken by visitors to the isolated country provide a rare glimpse of how it’s mimicking the consumerism of the outside world. By Jiawei Wang and Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul North Korea is ...
Yahoo

I was one of the first Western tourists to visit North Korea in 5 years. I was surprised we were allowed to see signs of poverty.

He told BI it was surprising that the tour guides didn't try to hide the country's poverty. The influencer has visited almost every country in the world — he has just two more to go. I've wanted to ...