Comment Re:What a great deal (Score 1) 114
Nah - its all easy to reconcile
NK does not screw with foreigner because they need the cash, and in fact is becoming more accommodating for that very reason. You are not going to get locked up for saying the wrong thing and would need to provoke a response but deliberating seeking out things that to embarrass them as a number of aid workers have.
And in all likelihood you are not going to be spied upon 24/7 and have your electronics copied/monitored because most tourists are just not that interesting !!!
But foreigners are given a very sanitised version of the country with limited scope to venture outside the major cities - so do not see a lot of what really happens.
But I concede, there is also some NK tourist propaganda out there too - may or may not be what you saw.
Long story short - stay out of NK politics and it is safe for westerners to visit