The biggest attraction to North Korea for Western tourists has always been the country’s opaqueness. “I went to Gaeseong to say I went, to have pictures nobody else had, and to see just what all the fuss was about,” said Brent Meske after visits to Gaeseong and Mount Geumgang.
Some tourists are surprised by horse-drawn buggies in the countryside, while others are taken aback by the immaculateness of the capital. Then there are those who go for the thrill of visiting a dying country.
