Popular American exercise app suspends user’s account over North Korea hike
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Popular American exercise app suspends user’s account over North Korea hike
A popular American exercise app banned a North Korea tour guide’s account after she shared a hike she went on in the country last month, an experience that may serve as a cautionary tale for foreign runners looking to compete in the upcoming Pyongyang marathon. Koryo Tours guide Zoe Stephens told NK News she used […]
‘Our mission is to smother negativity with positivity!’: Why Russians enjoy traveling to North Korea
All tour programs are approved at the North Korean government levelOriginally published on Global VoicesScreenshot from YouTube channel Radiocat of the video “КНДР: О ЧЕМ МОЛЧАТ БЛОГГЕРЫ? Новая реальность Северной Кореи 2024” made by one of the bloggers who visited North Korea from Russia. Fair use. This article was originally published in the online magazine Baikal People. Global Voices is republishing a translated and edited version, with perm…


Strava Bans User for Running in North Korea
On the list of quirky things, I didn’t have “Strava bans user for running in North Korea” on my bingo card today. But here we are. I’ve just spent the last hour going down the rabbit hole that is the Pyongyang Marathon (in North Korea), and it turns out – it’s a thing. As in, as thing that outsiders come and run. There’s even an official website for it. In fact, there’s been 31 editions of it. And over 1,000 foreigners run in it and the affiliat…
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