Sacramento State University

An Idea About How to Deal With North Korea’s Poverty, Isolation and Aggression

Last summer I taught an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation course at the University of Hawaii. It was part of UH’s APEC Certificate and Internship Programs. During the course students asked me whether ...

I was one of the first Western tourists to visit North Korea in 5 years. I was surprised we were allowed to see signs of poverty.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Luca Pferdmenges, a 23-year-old German travel influencer who was among ...
PBS

North Korea: A Filmmaker Walks the Tightrope

A striking a tenuous balance of love, politics and history. The parents of filmmaker Yang Yonghi, activists in a pro-North association of Japanese Korean residents, sent Yonghi's three brothers to ...
Yahoo

I was one of the first Western tourists to visit North Korea in 5 years. I was surprised we were allowed to see signs of poverty.

He told BI it was surprising that the tour guides didn't try to hide the country's poverty. The influencer has visited almost every country in the world — he has just two more to go. I've wanted to ...