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* As shown [http://wikitravel.org/en/North_Korea#Get_in here], North Korea is no longer a possible day-trip from Seoul, but the DMZ is. It almost certainly does not justify more than this, because, well, while it's OK to visit, you wouldn't want to live or indeed spend significant amounts of time there due to the complete lack of anything to do and the rapid dropoff in the novelty value | * As shown [http://wikitravel.org/en/North_Korea#Get_in here], North Korea is no longer a possible day-trip from Seoul, but the DMZ is. It almost certainly does not justify more than this, because, well, while it's OK to visit, you wouldn't want to live or indeed spend significant amounts of time there due to the complete lack of anything to do and the rapid dropoff in the novelty value | ||
** The currently-suspended trips to the DPRK proper (to [http://wikitravel.org/en/Kaesong Kaesong] and [http://wikitravel.org/en/Kumgangsan Kumgangsan]) may, however, resume between now and ~March, depending on lolitics | ** The currently-suspended trips to the DPRK proper (to [http://wikitravel.org/en/Kaesong Kaesong] and [http://wikitravel.org/en/Kumgangsan Kumgangsan]) may, however, resume between now and ~March, depending on lolitics | ||
*** But it occurs to me (Smith) that they are likely to be expensive, and having flown to Japan and ferried to Korea already, we should once again avoid the committing the Phoenician Error | |||
* I (Smith, though also valid for anyone) have not crafted an itinerary yet | * I (Smith, though also valid for anyone) have not crafted an itinerary yet | ||