| (Summer 1991) | Too Much Paradise. |
| (Spring 1993) | Travellers Tales (Far Eastern Economic Review) |
| (March 1995) | Please bow to the great leader. |
| (October 1995) | Visit the DPRK. |
| (October 1997) | World's most mysterious land. |
| (Winter 2000) | Jon Cannon goes to North Korea. |
| (Summer 2002) | Journey into Kimland. |
| (Fall 2003) | Holiday in North Korea. |
| (2003) | Photo Journal. |
| (April 2004) | DPRK - Third Visit. |
| (April 2004) | Two Dutch guys. |
| (Spring 2004) | Kingdom of the Absurd. |
| (February 2005) | Ari on the web. |
Travel Agents
Information
- Bradt's Guide to North Korea.
- Lonely Planet - Destination North Korea.
- A map.
- Panmunjom.
- The North Korean calendar.
- Let's Learn Korean.
- KimChi Kkakdugi song (mp3)
- KimChi Kkakdugi song (realvideo)
- North Korea Books
I spent the week of Sept. 5 - Sept. 11 1999 in North Korea
(want to see my train ticket)?
or some posters?
My tour was arranged by the good people at VNC Travel
whom I enthusiastically recommend. Nick Bonner of Koryo Tours
also has a lot of experience in offering
guided tours of North Korea and
graciously answered many of my questions.
Recommended Reading
- Falling Off The Map by Pico Iyer,
collects his observations on travelling to the lonely
outposts of the world, such as North Korea, Bhutan, Iceland, ... and Australia(?)
- Inside the Hermit Kingdom by Yi Sun Kyung,
is a biography that has a lot to say about growing up
as a Korean-Canadian. In 1994, she spent three weeks in
North Korea reporting for the CBC.
- To Dream of Pigs by Clive Leatherdale.
He a British guy who travelled around South Korea in 1989 and 1990
but also managed a trip to the North. At that time, it was not so easy.
- China Live.
Mike Chinoy, CNN's Senior Asia Correspondent, has visited North
Korea about a dozen times and is probably the only American journalist
to ever interview Kim Il Sung.
His book, while mainly about China, has a couple of
fascinating chapters on North Korea.
- Utopias Elsewhere recounts
the travels of the rather strident anti-communist
Dr. Anthony Daniels through Albania, North Korea,
Romania, Vietnam, and Cuba in 1989 and 1990.
That would turn anyone into an anti-communist.
- Just As I Am by Billy Graham.
It's hard to imagine a more unlikely meeting, but Billy Graham
and Kim Il Sung did meet, twice, in the early 1990's in Pyongyang.
This is me wearing my Chollima t-shirt to a North Korean restaurant in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The restaurant opened in August 2001 and is on Seoul Street across from the Aeroflot building. The owner is from Pyongyang but ran a restaurant in China for 5 years before moving to Mongolia. He says that he and his family are the only North Koreans in town, now that the embassy has closed. His restaurant has good Korean food at reasonable prices, and some DPRK souvenirs and propaganda videos for sale.
Update: An answer to my question posted on the Lonely Planet website March 2006.
Yes, there is still North Korean restaurant in Ulaanbaatar but the location is changed. The location is just 7 minutes walking distance ( on peace avenue ) from the last place. Tod Kleemans