At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way

Re:At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way by explosion on Thursday April 16, 2015 @11:23PM (#9392094)

Fascinating. Curious what it would take to register, I found the Pyongyang Marathon signup form here: http://www.pyongyangmarathon.com

Apparently they accept amateur runners and you can do a 10k, half marathon, or full marathon.

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Re:At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way by sebastianavina on Thursday April 16, 2015 @11:40PM (#9392140)

> Please Type 12345 in the field below

that's the best captcha I've ever seen.

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Re:At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way by amolgupta on Friday April 17, 2015 @09:24AM (#9394104)

the google captcha just says click to confirm you are not a robot. https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html Maybe the second best.

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Re:At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way by Roodgorf on Friday April 17, 2015 @11:18AM (#9394836)

Actually the movement of your cursor alone can go a long way to telling whether someone is a bot or not[0]. The ACM linked a better article a while back that went more in depth about it, but there is more going on with that click that meets the eye. [0]http://www.wired.com/2014/12/google-one-click-recaptcha/

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Re:At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way by EliRivers on Friday April 17, 2015 @06:57AM (#9393438)

Many DPRK tour companies will take care of this sort of thing for you; they run specific marathon tours. They take care of visas and travel and hotels and all the rest of it, like every tour they run, and also get you a slot on the marathon.

I could suggest the tour group I went there with, but suffice to say if you search you'll find a handful of good groups that come with recommendations.

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