North Korea

Author: Robert Willoughby

2nd Edition • DECEMBER 2007

240 PAGES • 8 PAGES OF COLOUR PHOTOS • 20 MAPS

ISBN: 978 1 84162 219 4

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A new edition of the first travel guide to cover the practical aspects of travelling to and around North Korea – a country which both intrigues and concerns the international community. Everything a genuine traveller needs is here, including red tape and security issues, access from South Korea and Beijing, routes outwards from Pyongyang, and opportunities for excursions into unspoilt countryside.

Altogether a fascinating insight into the culture and history of a country that currently exists in virtual isolation from the rest of the world.

• Still the only travel guide to North Korea on the market.
• Responds to the current massive media interest in this region.
• Essential for travellers – covering security and travel issues.

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North Korea at a Glance

Capital City:
Pyongyang

Currency:
Won

Language:
Korean

International Telephone Code:
+850

ISBN-10: 1841622192

ISBN-13: 9781841622194

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"Currently unbeatable."

Wanderlust

"Whether or not you want to visit North Korea, this is a fascinating read. Dusted here and there with a light-hearted edge, Bradt’s latest guidebook unlocks some of the mysteries and dispels some of the myths of a hidden land. As a guide, it is essential – full of useful, practical information. I only wish it had been available as my travelling companion for my first visit."
-- Suzannah Clarke, International operatic soprano and the first British artist to perform in North Korea.

Reader Reviews

“I especially want to congratulate Robert Willoughby on his excellent guide for North Korea. Even though tourism to the country is strictly controlled, I found it very useful and interesting to have this guide with me while visiting the country. And I was not the only one; on the train back from Pyongyang we shared a compartment with the Indian ambassador in North Korea. He was surprised that we had a guidebook about the country; he didn't know it existed. He then spent most of the journey writing down notes from the guidebook, and said he would find it very useful!”

David Eerdmans, The Netherlands

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Introduction

PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION

Chapter 1 Background Information
Geography, Climate, History, Economy, People, Language, Religion, Culture, Nature and conservation

Chapter 2 Practical Information
When to visit, Highlights, DPRK Travel, Tour operators, Getting there and away, Red tape, , Health, Safety, What to take, Money, Getting around, Accommodation, Eating and drinking, Nightlife, Media and communications, Shopping , Customs, Tourist information, Photography, Public holidays, Time zone, Electricity, Cultural etiquette

PART TWO THE GUIDE

Chapter 3 Pyongyang

Chapter 4 Pyongyang to Kaesong and Panmunjom

Chapter 5 Nampo, Mt Kuwol and Haeju

Chapter 6 North from Pyongyang to Mt Myohyang

Chapter 7 East Coast Central: Pyongyang to Wonsan

Chapter 8 Wonsan to Mt Kumyang

Chapter 9 East Coast to Tanchon

Chapter 10 Northernmost Corner

Chapter 11 Mt Paektu

Chapter 12 The Border with China and Beyond

Appendix I Language

Appendix 2 Further Reading

Index

About the Author

Robert Willoughby is a freelance journalist who has worked and travelled extensively in Asia.

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Notes from the Author

"It’s easy for the imagination to run riot about North Korea. I first got interested in the place while working in China, itself a country abounding in frontiers for foreigners convinced they’re the first to set foot anywhere. It was at Beijing’s airport that I noticed flights to Pyongyang on the departures board. So there was a way into the land on the edge of the world, that small pocket of mountains that the Western press was forever wailing to be a worry and a menace, this secretive, hermetic state referred to as Stalinist on the good days, that final bastion of high ideals and base deeds. I got my chance to go as part of a larger delegation, and whilst I remember every single moment, the trip as a whole confirmed some rumours and debunked other myths. A lot of things I had read about the place before going didn’t seem true while there, or was I being brilliantly hoodwinked? I realised I didn’t really know anything at all worth knowing. So when the grapevine sent a memo that Bradt wanted someone to write a guidebook about North Korea, I jumped at the chance, to find out as much for myself as to try and flash a bit of torchlight into this dark corner of the world."

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