Prepare Your First Trip to North Korea, A Very Definitive Guide

Planning your first trip to North Korea? A wonderful idea! Preparing for your flight to Pyongyang is somehow tricky. You need political self-control, luggage discipline, and the ability to behave normally in an environment that is very clearly not normal. In this episode, we go through how to prepare for your first journey into the Kimdom: who probably should not go, what to bring, what absolutely not to bring, how phone checks and filming rules work, and how to make the best of your socialist adventure. North Korean tourism is a guided experience with a state-managed reality. So to survive the world’s least relaxing holiday, this is your definitive guide. Subscribed, unless you are busy reading Lonely Planet, North Korea. OP Song: My Country is the best! ED Song: Let's support our Supreme Commander with Arms Chapters: 00:00 Intro 03:03 Wait? Is North Korea open? 07:34 Check Your Eligibility 14:03 Select Your Tour Package 20:29 Packing for Pyongyang 34:06 Crossing the Border 40:38 Your Big Brother Tour Guide 50:47 Final Thoughts