“Looking for a unique place to spend this Christmas and have a fun story to tell family and friends? Join us on our third Christmas visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! What better place to spend Christmas than in the heart of Pyongyang?”
To this day, I do not know if I should have taken the advertisement seriously. In any case, on December 24, 2018, I embarked on the “ultra-budget Christmas tour” promoted by Young Pioneer, one of the few travel agencies authorized to bring foreign visitors to North Korea.
