# North Korea is back open for tourists-Would you go? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 12, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-is-back-open-for-tourists-would-you-go/1014240 "2025-02-12T16:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-is-back-open-for-tourists-would-you-go/1014240/27 "2025-02-12T22:57:47Z")
For those of you who are even considering the possibility reread this thread on Otto Wambier we had a few years ago [who returned to the U.S. brain-damaged in a mostly vegetative state]: > [@Weirdly mixed feelings about Otto Warmbier (American student sentenced to 15 years in N Korea)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdly-mixed-feelings-about-otto-warmbier-american-student-sentenced-to-15-years-in-n-korea/749206/5): > > Calm down, just as they like to make a good show of making the convicted go on tv and denounce their American capitalist overlords, the 15 yrs hard labour is also likely about show. History indicates the Westerners that are ‘made example of’ and get harsh sentences are often quietly released a couple of years later. Which is no walk in park I’m sure, but it’s not 15 yrs at least! Ultimately any guy looking for Christian converts in North Korea must know he’s dancing with the Devil, right from … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-is-back-open-for-tourists-would-you-go/1014240)._