Indian here, and honestly not just due to GZD, but I have been really always fascinated by the mystery of this country, and all the bad things everyone spouts. I want to check for myself one day, few years down the road. All I know about NK is linked URL
Edit: through the above documentary, I magically accidentally stumbled upon this girl, a tour guide in DPRK who knows and shares a lot of authentic info https://youtube.com/c/zoeDiscovers
Book a tour with a chinese agency, which means you have to go to China and they take care of the rest / will point you in the right direction (for visas and stuff)
Holy shit. I’m going to screenshot and save this and start saving I had no idea. I’ve always wanted to go to the DPRK too and I’m taking a trip to China in 2024
What else can I keep in mind, regarding other things, like for example carrying camera instead of smartphone, or cultural sensitivity? I consider these things highly important. As an Indian, I basically know nothing because our historical and modern times involvement has always been negligible with NK.
Also, what about having enough independence to explore during such a trip? The thing is, I really have no clue beyond this linked 2 hour video above, which probably has the most amount of insight that exists besides obscure non-English blogs. And I really want to see and feel what it really is like. Maybe it sounds a little passionate and innocent, but that is also important to me.
Most likely the tour agency will be able to tell you. The DPRK relaxed their tourist rules a lot but that was before covid, I have no idea what they are now. It also depends on the tour you book I assume.
I think if they know you’re a communist they might be more favourable. At least if I was going to the DPRK I would do my homework first and then ask them literally everything about socialism in their country.
I need to learn way too much to even think of calling myself a communist. I always feel like I am a baby leftist and wish to keep thinking that way. I do have those ideas, like to sit with folks, and create a warm environment and ask them things and get that experience. Learning the perspective is important, because all that I can hear is either the brainrot from literally everyone and everything, or the stuff that socialists lay out and tell.
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