[ars]

You are, but ignoring things and people never visiting would be worse.

[wahnfrieden]

The people visiting only see staged theatrics, it doesn't do a whole lot of good.

[ars]

I don't know - I certainly found out a lot about North Korea from those visits. I assume you did too.

[OGinparadise]

You are, but ignoring things and people never visiting would be worse.

Worse for the regime, yes. They need foreign currency and need to spalsh famous faces on TV "XX came to our wonderful country and was surprised at...". If you think that Erik Schmidt or his daughter know jack about NK and how life is because of their visit, I have a bridge...