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    'You would have to be a lunatic': Tourists to North Korea describe risks and rewards

    Some visitors to the country have dismissed claims that travellers are exposing themselves to danger while others say threats are obvious
    by Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Amanda Holpuch in New York Jul 22, 2017 4 minutes
    A guide wearing a traditional dress speaks to visitors at the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang. Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

    James left North Korea this year with smuggled currency, stamps and a poster of “the great leader,” Kim Il Sung, that he bought on the black market.

    Months later, James’s fellow American, Otto Warmbier, died after suffering from a mysterious brain injury while in detention in North Korea, accused of stealing a propaganda poster from a hotel.

    The US State Department has long recommended against travel to North Korea, but Warmbier’s death prompted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to authorize his department to block Americans from traveling to the country. The ban was announced on Friday and could go into effect as soon as late August.

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