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Re:36 hours in North Korea without a guide by iwjames on Saturday January 29, 2011 @06:24PM (#2156756)
Absolutely amazing. It does sound like it would be very difficult to travel in N. Korea if you don't speak Russian, Korean, or surprisingly, German.

But, the French speaker was especially surprising, and I would have expected more Chinese influence than there seemed to be (linguistically).

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Re:36 hours in North Korea without a guide by pmorici on Saturday January 29, 2011 @09:28PM (#2157156)
I forget where I read it but I'm pretty sure as part of their education they have to learn a foreign language. I think they mentioned something about this on vbs.tv they had a special called Vice Guide to North Korea http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-... Where they traveled around and filmed for a few days.
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