Who's Actually Allowed Into North Korea?

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · Sep 17, 2026 · 20m

North Korea publishes no tourism data, so every visitor number is an estimate built on estimates. This episode separates the two visitor economies that get conflated — the mass Chinese border-tour pipeline and the tiny Western circuit that produced all the books and videos — and traces how the mix collapsed after Otto Warmbier's death and the pandemic. Then it turns to the resident diplomats: the only foreigners who live in Pyongyang year-round and see the city unscripted, and who have collectively published almost nothing about it. The answer isn't the obvious one. Episode 5310 —…