According to the BBC News article "US student Otto Warmbier given hard labour in North Korea", it is told that US student, Otto Warmbier is sentenced to fifteen years labour as he was trying to steal a propaganda sign from the hotel. This is severe punishment as compared to those given in the past.
In BBC News, it is stated that Otto was accused of trying 'to destroy the country's unity'. He said: "it was the worst mistake of my life" in the conference. Additionally, US diplomat Bill Richardson has involved in negotiation to secure the release of Americans from North Korea detention and he was amazed with the verdict of North Korean supreme court on Otto Warmbier's case.
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My Yes/No question is:
Do you think that North Korea is a suitable country for tourism industry?
My answer is:
No, I don't. Travelling in North Korea is not really a good idea for family trip at all. There are tons of soldiers marching around the area like a group of zombies from the Walking Dead being train to be a warrior. Obviously, who would not be afraid? Just like how the movie 'The Interview (2014)' emphasises the propaganda created (that Kim Jong-Un never pooped), I am curios what are others funny belief of their supreme leader's ability. Not only that, what would happen if i go there and accidentally take photos of North Korean soldier yawning on the street. Maybe 15 years of intense labour in the North Korea? I do not want to risk my life going to such a deleterious place.
Not only that, I do not think there are that many tourist attractions in the North Korea. As I have read from the News, you cannot leave the hotel if there are no government officials to pick you up. Then that is not fun at all. At Pattaya, we can go to the walking street at night. In Singapore, we can go to clubs in Clarke Quay if we want. So if we visit North Korea, of course, our freedom is circumscribed to the maximum limit and it is not fun at all. Is it travelling or being imprisoned while we go there? Thus, I will not land even a single on North Korea in my life time. Take Otto Wambier as a case example.
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Yes, I do. Because everyone has known about the culture and law obligation before arrived. Still, many of them want to see with their own eyes and visit to pursue the experience that how left could state be in exactly the same of our lifetime.
ReplyDeleteI also know someone who is very interested in this country. It shares a lot of similarities to other country especially in Asia. I have one very interesting notice. The people who love fascism and hate democracy never stop to travel to America, Japan and many developed western country for vacation and shopping, while those who hate totalitarianism do love and look forward to visiting North Korean for once in their life. That's really sarcastic. And I cannot sort out the answer.
Yes I agree, but your opinion might be limited to the minority. I don't think there are that many people who want to visit North Korea due to its government system. That's sound weird too most people especially the ones who do not care about politics or history. Hence, I do not think most people want to visit North Korea and also South Korea provides tourists with better experience in terms of both freedom and tourist attractions.
DeleteI think that North Korea is interesting as an example of sincere and widespread social consensus is worthless in determining what is true and false. But like Non, I can think of nothing that would attract me to visit it at the moment.
ReplyDeleteUnion made an interesting observation about the culture and law obligations, but I might follow that up with the afternoon coffee, or perhaps someone else will follow it up for us.
No I don't. The most important things for tourists are that they are still alive and safe with basic freedom activity on daily life. In communist country like North Korea, You'll never know what is going to happen. They can arrest you anytime without warning or reason.
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ReplyDeleteNo, but it's pity many don't want to go to the country because of the regime. Majority people and landscapes must be nicely there unspoiled or untouched much. By the way, precious mushroom called Matsutake and expensive Ginseng are their special products and both require natural environment of mountainous land. Japanese people love Matsutake for the autumn feast, but we produce it little in our country by now. However, even a gourmet will hesitate to go to North Korea to enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteI had expected the young leader who would bring Western value back to his country after his studying abroad, but it did not happen. He is stepping in the exactly same way as his father did involving his nation unwisely. A thousand times pity.
I am also another person to say No. I quite agree with Non’s and Ploy’s ideas. This might be true at this moment as long as the country has never changed its political policies and scenery of cities. I don’t want to travel with worrying about my unexpected mistakes which might make me arrested and punished. Countries which are normally successful in tourism industry are not only to have attractive places but also friendly for foreign tourists.
ReplyDeleteNo, but it's pity many don't want to go to the country because of the regime. Majority people and landscapes must be nicely there unspoiled or untouched much. By the way, precious mushroom called Matsutake and expensive Ginseng are their special products and both require natural environment of mountainous land. Japanese people love Matsutake for the autumn feast, but we produce it little in our country by now. However, even a gourmet will hesitate to go to North Korea to enjoy them.
ReplyDeleteI had expected the young leader who would bring Western value back to his country after his studying abroad, but it did not happen. He is stepping in the exactly same way as his father did involving his nation unwisely. A thousand times pity.
No, I've heard a lot violence in North Korea from both friends and newspaper.
ReplyDeleteThat's why, I think that if tourists have an accident in North Korea, it may be effect with relationship between country a lot.
Ae, I haven't heard that. Where did you see those reports? I've heard of violence by the government against its citizens, which is normal for a despotic dictatorship not accountable to an electing body of citizens with rights, but I haven't heard of any other violence in North Korea. What sort of violence did you mean?
DeleteNeither do I think that North Korea is a suitable country for tourism industry. Since North Korea has been a very aggressive country and everything has to follow Kim Jong Un's satisfaction, it should be made the worst country for tourism industry. You can see tons of soldiers marching from one place to another all the time and they all carry serious weapons. If I would go for a sightseeing, North Korea definitely is not on my top hundred list. Generally, people already see this country as one of the most stressed and bloodiest ones in the world which are always eager to make war all the time, even in New Year. So I wonder whether I can feel secure for my own security when I travel there or not. I would say that North Korea is definitely not a suitable country for tourism industry.
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