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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by layoutIfNeeded on Thursday August 08, 2019 @01:39PM (#20646656)
North Korean border control is there to stop people from leaving, not entering.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday August 08, 2019 @01:52PM (#20646803)
Uhm, no: if you try to cross the border in they will shoot you just the same.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by waterhouse on Thursday August 08, 2019 @01:51PM (#20646783)
I presume it's also to keep out subversive foreign agents. And reporters. And people whose mere presence is suggestive of Western capitalism and therefore subversive. Something like that.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by longlivedeath on Thursday August 08, 2019 @08:09PM (#20650198)
i.e. basically everyone
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