Korea Dem Peoples Rep Travel Blogs

Misty Mountains and Little Brown Soldiers
Sep 1, 2006 (5 photos)

... buses, some 90 foreigners in all, and waiting outside my bus, I chattered absently with a tour guide, distracted by the North Korea soldier standing a few metres away, and mesmerized by the portrait of Kim Il Sung--still head of state 12 years after his ...

Hiking In The Hermit Kingdom
Sep 3, 2006 (8 photos)

... investment in North Korea, Hyundai's Kumgangsan tourist region is one of Pyongyang's highest currency generators. Despite North Korea's devout anti-American sentiment, the US dollar rules in Kumgangsan. Whisked from the hotel compound and onto a ...

Encounter With The Kims
Sep 4, 2006 (3 photos)

We honestly thought nothing of it, even though we probably should have. The mural looked warm and inviting, so harmless and fascinating, exposed as it was under bright lights in the dark evening, and we were drawn to it like moths to a flame. Aside ...

Dark Side Of The Earth
Sep 5, 2006 (7 photos)

... visit to the DMZ and the hiking tour of Kumgangsan, the next stop is Pyongyang. Why am I so fascinated by North Korea? I'm not ideologically sympathetic. I find Kim Jong il and his regime repellent. It's more about my own curiosity and desire to know. ...

In-depth exploration of Seoul airport
Jan 12, 2008

I would have liked to spend more time on the ground in Seoul, the capital of Korea. But as things turned out, I was only in Korea for a few hours, and all of that time was spent at the airport. Not only was our plane from HK late in departing, we also ...

Hangin' with Kim Jong Ill
Jun 30, 2007 (14 photos)

I tried to hug a North Korean border guard but I got shot.  Rather rude, I thought. The North-South Korean border is still the most heavily fortified border in the world with upwards of 500,000 soldiers guarding it at any given time. I took a ...

Jeju Island
Jul 8, 2007 (20 photos)

Hello!!! hope all of you are doing great...Ian and I are doing well, we just started our 9th month, and it's crazy how time flies.  Ian and I took a trip to Jeju Island last weekend.   Jeju Island is a Korean semi-tropical  island off ...

Axis of Evil, Country Nr. 114
Apr 13, 2008 (33 photos)

... haben wir unsere beiden Guides getroffen, ein Mann (Mr. Lee wollte er genannt werden) und eine Frau (sie durften wir mit dem Vornamen anreden, Ann Hui). Den Flughafen haben wir erst kurz nach 15oo verlassen (1h spaeter als in China), so dass wir nur einen ...

DMZ
May 5, 2007 (15 photos)

... the North Koreans that might precipitate an international incident!  I'll be brief, but we were actually allowed into North Korea and the negotiation rooms.  We heard quite a few wild stories about incidents - fights between soldiers, axe murders ...

North Korea
Mar 22, 2007

North Korea

Adios to Asia!
Jul 30, 2006

... I am for a week before heading to Alberta for 16 days. Conclusions? Insights? Asia - the places I've been (aside from South Korea) are incredibly cheap places to travel. Once you get here, it's possible to live on less than $10US/day in some areas. ...

Back to Pyongjang
Apr 18, 2008 (88 photos)

Hallo zusammen, am morgen sind wir wieder zurueck zum Flughafen gefahren, wo unsere Antonov auf uns wartete (sie war natuerlich nicht zurueckgeflogen). Unsere Fuehrerin meinte dort ganz von selbst, das der Ausflug "it was strange" war (es war ihr ...

Leaving the DPRK
Apr 19, 2008 (7 photos)

... auch in den Hotels uebernachten, inkl. dem guten in Pyongyang, obwohl sie in Pyongyang wohnen). Die Blicke aus dem Zug waren nicht uebermaessig interessant, allgemeine Vermutung das es einen Korridor gibt in dem es besser zugeht. Unser allgemeines ...

Airport of Seoul - 6:30 PM
Sep 27, 2006

Okey, I lucked out. I've got 4 seats only for myself on the flight. It's amazing what you can do with 3 extra blankets and pillows. 15 hours and I didn't even felt it. I slept all my way through, and the screaming child behind me really didn't bother me ...

Crossing the Border!
Sep 9, 2005 (1 photos)

Today we visited the DMZ and the freedom village right on the border between north & south Korea. We had to show passports twice and be accompanied by soldiers all the time. We had to dress conservatively, the conservative dress meant i couldn't even ...

April and May in Korea
May 28, 2007 (50 photos)

    Hello everyone, hope all of you are doing well.  Ian and I are still having a good time in Korea.  We are almost finished our 7th month...time flies....only  5 to go then we will see all of you again.  This entry is ...

Chilbo-San in the Northeast
Apr 16, 2008 (44 photos)

... Wetter war so ziemlich die ganze Zeit in Nordkorea wunderschoen, da hatten wir gutes Glueck. Unser lokaler Fueher von Korea Chilbo-san International Tours Company, einer Tochter von Korea International Tours Company (KITC), sprach kein englisch hatte ...

Melanie's visit to South Korea
Feb 5, 2007 (33 photos)

... of shopping.   Well, that was Mel's visit in a nutshell.  It was great having her here and showing her our life in South Korea. Also, Ian bought a scooter, which has been and convenient so far.  Enjoy the pictures! Love Mel and Ian

TV Star
Apr 13, 2008 (57 photos)

Anyon hashimigga, am ersten vollen Tag in DPRK (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) haben uns die Guide noch geschont, es ging erst um 9:00 los. In Nordkorea bluehten auch noch Kirschbaeume... Erster Stop war das Juche Denkmal, welches die ...

The great leaders birthday
Apr 15, 2008 (122 photos)

... von Nordkorea (also nicht auf Lebenszeit sondern auf ewig). Anschliessend sind wir zu einem Maertyrerfriedhof gefahren, wo wir uns vor dem Grab seiner Frau verbeugen durften bevor wir dann endlich zu einer Fun Fair gingen, eine Kirmes. Dort gab es ...

Automaton
Apr 17, 2008 (64 photos)

... und das Wasser war hier in der Badewanne statt in einer Tonne) etwas vorgesungen. Es gab hier erstaunlicherweise Sushi neben dem nordkoreanischen Essen und das ging weg wie geschnitten Brot... (keine Aufnahmen von dem Sushi, den sonst haette ich nichts ...

Pyongyang, October 9, 2008, Thursday
Apr 21, 2009 (27 photos)

... on. I copped a copy of a large-size, luxuriously printed monthly, titled simply "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", sporting a huge picture of a military parade with thousands of meticulously ordered soldiers on a square probably somewhere in downtown ...

Myo Hyang san, October 15, 2008, Wednesday
Aug 25, 2009 (20 photos)

... hall. At least four of those were „Mercedes“ limousines. In fact, I am inclined to believe that, proportionally, North Korea may easily have not only more steam trucks and ox carts, but also „Mercedeses“ on its roads than any other ...

Pyongyang, October 13, 2008, Monday
Aug 8, 2009 (12 photos)

... ;three charters“. The Monument was inaugurated on August 15, 2001 to mark the 56th anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. The three chapters in question are the North Korean reunification programme, as laid out by ...

Pyongyang, October 10, 2008, Friday
Apr 26, 2009 (19 photos)

... around seventy thousand, it was said to have taken in as many as one hundred thousand on occasions. Whether Pyongyang and North Korea really needed two behemoths like that back-to-back was, of course, another question. But such questions aside, they were ...

Catch Me If You Can ;)
Sep 28, 2009 (241 photos)

... ground and keep their country separated. During this time it is believed that over 200,000 North Koreans crossed the border and entered S.Korea. The DMZ was created by the United Nations in 1953 following a cease fire of the Korean War. This is the line ...

Pyongyang, October 15, 2008, Wednesday
Sep 3, 2009 (13 photos)

... of Korea, represents the working class of Korea. The peasant woman holding a large sheaf of rice in her arms symbolises North Korea’s fast advancing peasantry. When it was time for us to leave this spot, it was actually still rather early. On some ...

Pyongyang, October 10, 2008, Friday (continued)
Jun 7, 2009 (14 photos)

... , so I couldn't check what else there was around. I settled for watching people. Which was always fun. Particularly here in North Korea. From somewhere we started hearing music. It wasn't on the fun fair grounds. Somewhere from outside, rather. Well, the ...

DMZ
Jun 27, 2007 (22 photos)

... in UN territory: you have to bring your passport with you First you arrived in the bus where your Korean guide ( from South Korea, that took for her 6 months to get the authorization to do this tour) begin to put some pressure by telling all the story ...

Pamunjon, monitored by the US Aggressors
Apr 14, 2008 (66 photos)

... ein paar alten Relikten ist (die Gebaeude sind alle nach 1953 erbaut, praktisch ganz Nordkorea wurde von den USA dem Erdboden gleichgemacht, 400000 Bomben wurden auf Pyongyang abgeworfen). In jeder Sehenswuerdigkeit gibt es einen lokalen Guide, der einen ...