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Old 06-18-2006, 10:29 PM  
nestle
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Originally Posted by RogerV10
Im suprised he got in and got those pictures.
They allow press into the country but are always guided. The scariest part of it is that the pictures that they DO allow you to take are of the "better" parts of North Korea. North Korea always tries to put themselves in light and above all others.

I visited South Korea about 10 years ago and visited the Northeastern corner of South Korea. The DMZ there is a tourist attraction along the beach. Very heavily guarded and alot of South Korean military presence there. They have binoculars you can use to look over the DMZ into North Korea. There was a fake 'village' type of area there... completely abandoned; reminded me of like a westerns-type movie set. Next to this fake village, there was in big letters "Land of No Tax" along the ground (like the Hollywood sign). Then there were a small chain of mountains and these mountains hid the main part of North Korea from view. Wish I could have taken pictures of that.
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