Source – The Trump administration will ban American citizens from travelling to North Korea, U.S. officials said Friday, following the death of university student Otto Warmbier who died in June after falling into a coma in a North Korean prison.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had decided to impose “geographical travel restriction” for North Korea, the officials said, which would make it illegal to use U.S. passports to enter the country. They said the restriction would be published in the Federal Register next week and will take effect 30 days after that.
The officials were not authorized to publicly discuss the decision before it is announced and spoke on condition of anonymity. Two tour operators that organize group trips to North Korea said they had already been informed of the decision.
In all honesty, I think this is a good thing. Why anyone in their right mind would want to spend vacation time traveling to a country where people are so poor they sell their shit as fertilizer, beyond me.
My brother went to North Korea as part of a mission trip and took 50 goats with him to give to the poor. He said he had NK govt officials follow him around with note pads and he was forbidden to talk about a religion of any kind. He was also made to turn over his passport while he was in the country. If he was American, I’m sure he would have come home with a breathing tube or not at all.
He told me a funny story. Apparently, there are 15 hair cuts (which are the same) permitted for North Korean citizens. It turns out it’s true.
Ladies are little luckier. They get to grow theirs out.
