Re:Sophie In North Korea
by kapsel on Saturday January 19, 2013 @04:52PM
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No, they did not. Their NK part were arranged by KITC, the governmental travel agency of the DPRK.
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| on HN ]
| The state North Korean tourist company KITC did
| not know in advance about our route. And we did
| not know what would really happen to us after
| arrival at Tumangan.Right, what they saw and experience while on the train was uncensored. Everything afterwards was planned.
I do love that story though. It is a great testament to the effectiveness of the "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know I couldn't do that." excuse.