north korea in pictures
I worked in North Korea as a tour guide from 2016 to 2019, where I led more than 70 tours to eight of the nine provinces. I’d been fascinated by and studying what is generally thought of as the world’s most closed-off country for years. The first time I visited as a tourist, I expected a very serious, strict, military state. Documentaries tend to depict North Korean residents as brainwashed automatons, but travelling in North Korea was surprisingly open, and the people, while certainly very dedicated to
