North Korea 2011

On the tenth anniversary of the 11 September terrorist attacks I was in the far north of the DPRK on its border with Chinese Peking

This afternoon I placed the last of the photos from my North Korean vacation into an album. I still print out my vacation pictures as

There is a saying throughout Korea that the handsomest men live in the South while the most beautiful women live in the North. Even our two

While in Pyongyang our tour group visited many museums. I enjoy looking at every exhibit no matter what kind of museum I go to, and

If I could tweet, I would tweet that I was watching the state funeral for beloved Dear Leader Comrade General Kim Jong Il right now on

A week ago Monday I gave a North Korea travel presentation at the Churchill Meadows Library in Mississauga. A small crowd of twelve attended the

It is almost two months since my return from the DPRK. Before I left on my trip I made arrangements at work to give two

While in the DPRK, my intention was to portray myself as an obedient tourist. I wanted to establish a sense of trust by showing the guides

One of the members of my North Korean tour group uploaded a video slideshow to YouTube. The photos in the slideshow are of my group,

The DPRK may boast that it is 95% electrified but that is a meaningless statistic. The country may have an electrical network in place–and it