TheGoonch@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoI stayed at a North Korean summer camp. We polished statues and played a game where we destroyed the White House.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down119
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkI stayed at a North Korean summer camp. We polished statues and played a game where we destroyed the White House.www.businessinsider.comTheGoonch@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoA large portion of tourism income, including airfare, goes directly to the government, and North Korea can buy old nuclear warheads for several hundred thousand dollars, which adds up pretty quick with a few hundred tourists. Bear that in mind if you’re thinking of visiting.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoYeah, I don’t get people vacationing there.
A large portion of tourism income, including airfare, goes directly to the government, and North Korea can buy old nuclear warheads for several hundred thousand dollars, which adds up pretty quick with a few hundred tourists.
Bear that in mind if you’re thinking of visiting.
Yeah, I don’t get people vacationing there.