• weeeeum@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I don’t mean to shock you but… North Koreans can’t travel anywhere.

    Am I missing something ?

    • Match!!@pawb.social
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      9 months ago

      North Koreans with passports can travel to 12 countries visa-free, including Suriname and Guyana

    • boyi@lemmy.sdf.org
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      9 months ago

      of course they can, to the countries that have diplomatic relations with them, but not many countries, of course.

      Fun fact:

      As of 2024, Malaysia is the only country in Southeast Asia that does not maintain diplomatic relations with North Korea.

      source

      If Kim Jong-Nam assassination rings a bell…

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        9 months ago

        They were saying that the limiting factor might not be whether other countries allow them in but rather if their own country allows them to leave.

        Not that anyone would want to leave the glorious workers’ paradise to begin with.

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          9 months ago

          Yes, we can safely assume that those who leave NK are somehow working for the government either officially or unofficially and thoroughly vetted to ensure that they will come back to their glorious country.

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            9 months ago

            Often monitored to the extent that they’re under house arrest in some cases, such as those who work in the Pyongyang restaurant chain. The waitresses can go out with minders, but must be ‘home’ in the evenings. Some South Korean businessmen have visited and managed to get a few of them out before.

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      9 months ago

      I don’t remember what countries, but I know there are North Korean restaurants in other countries. With actual North Korean women working there, having to live on premises and be vetted for political loyalty while essentially being under surveillance.

      Looked it up and Wikipedia was saying they’re all essentially fronts for laundering foreign currency to send back home. Other sites have been saying that these restaurants have been closing since the pandemic.