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by kapsel 4892 days ago
No, they did not. Their NK part were arranged by KITC, the governmental travel agency of the DPRK.
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pyre 4892 days ago 

  | The state North Korean tourist company KITC did
  | not know in advance about our route. And we did
  | not know what would really happen to us after
  | arrival at Tumangan.
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jlgreco 4892 days ago
Right, what they saw and experience while on the train was uncensored. Everything afterwards was planned.

I do love that story though. It is a great testament to the effectiveness of the "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know I couldn't do that." excuse.

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