
Did We Just Accidently Close The North Korean Border?!?
๐จ North Korea Just Shut Its Borders Againโฆ And Was It Our Fault?!๐จ
For the first time in five years, Western tourists were allowed back into North Koreaโand I was THIS close to being part of the first group. But at the last second, I found out that going to North Korea would cancel my U.S. visa, meaning I wouldnโt be able to return for months. So I had to sit this one outโฆ but we still got boots on the ground.
Our NewsDaddy Foreign Correspondent, Luca, was in the first group to enter, and what he saw was absolutely insane. North Korea is still extremely strict on COVID, with about 80% of people wearing masks even outdoors. But the real shocker? Theyโve developed their own North Korean version of Clash of Clans and PUBG, and tourists discovered that some locals use in-game chats as a way to secretly message each otherโsince thereโs no social media or WiFi. And when one tourist showed them brain rot TikTok videos, they actually loved it.
Luca was able to document things you rarely see from inside North Korea. Fake Gucci and Louis Vuitton stores sell knockoff designer products, beer is served instead of water in restaurants, and poverty was visibleโbut unlike before, tour guides didnโt even try to hide it. They also took the group to a mall and a pharmacy, but they werenโt allowed to see a supermarket, which raises a lot of questions.
After my TikTok video on the trip went viral (10M+ views), North Korea suddenly closed its borders again. And then I got a message:
๐ โBroโฆ I think we just closed North Koreaโs borders.โ
Was it because the poverty was exposed to Western media? Was it COVID fears? Or did Kim Jong Un actually doom scroll Tiktok? Either way, goodbye again, North Koreaโsame time next decade?
๐ฅ What do you think? Let me know in the comments! ๐
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