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Dumb question, for no particular reason. Has anyone here done that?

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[-] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 29 points 1 month ago

Almost definitely not. Even the Spanish guy who founded the Korean Friendship Association had to spend like a decade proving himself as an actual ally before he received even provisional permission to stay for short periods of time.

[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Has anyone here done that?

If any hexbear user did successfully move to the DPRK, we'd never hear from them again. I imagine they'd be deeply distrustful of any American and bypassing internet restrictions to post on an American forum would be a quick way to prison.

I'm 99,9% sure it's impossible through legal means. Maybe you can somehow travel there and then beg for some kind of refugee status? Very unlikely to work though lmao.

[-] Inui@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago

You're not even allowed to travel there on vacation, so I strongly doubt that you'd be able to move there. Can't compete in the Pyongyang Race anymore either, only one of like 3 country passports that don't qualify. The USAians who did were all people who ended up there during the Korean War and stayed on that side of the border.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago

You're not even allowed to travel there on vacation

can you feel the FREEEEDOM?

in the 1980s this type of restriction was constantly whined about to demonize the socialist bloc

[-] moss_icon@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

Wasn’t there a US soldier who tried to defect to the DPRK but was turned down not long back?

[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 month ago

Yeah he SA'd a young girl I believe and tried to seek refuge in the DPRK. He'd have had better luck going back to america and becoming a priest.

[-] darkcalling@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Yes. He was in US military custody and somehow managed to run across the DMZ. He made up all kinds of claims but it turned out he was wanted for SA and was being taken to the US for discipline. The DPRK ultimately deported him back to the US.

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago

I've never heard of it, but if it was allowed, it would probably become the leftist answer to cottagecore.

[-] mayakovsky@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They welcome people named Michael

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Supposedly there are positions to teach English in North Korea open to foreigners.

edit: Idk about USian though. They probably favor UKians.

[-] Oskolki@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

Yes, if you're dedicated enough you can find your way in there.

However idk if they'd let you stay there.

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Go to China, sneak across the border with a Bible and try and convert everyone you see. You'll get to live there, but you won't like the accommodations.

[-] QuadTripple@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know. Have you thought of alternatives, like China?

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