Discover North Korea

From shooting pheasants (chickens?) and taking them home for dinner to having a soak completely naked with the locals at the spa. In this episode, I chat about some things you probably never knew you could do in North Korea.

This is a list mainly inspired by everyone's reactions when I tell them what I've been up to on tour. Sure, some of these actually surprised me too - but it's mainly the things that are everyday and mundane that surprise the most people.

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

-> Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

-> TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

-> YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

Thanks to my Patrons!!!

Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/zoediscovers

Links from the show;

Crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/beyondthehorizon

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2021/08/31/what-its-like-to-get-stranded-in-paradise-a-true-story/

CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/british-woman-who-spent-pandemic-in-tonga/index.html

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I decided to get on the ChatGPT bandwagon and use it to see the best, most popular, and most ridiculous myths on North Korea and I discuss their origins and the truth behind them.

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

-> Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

-> TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

-> YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

Links from the show;

Dinosaur Footprints; https://koryogroup.com/travel-guide/dinosaur-footprint-and-fossils-north-korea-travel-guide

Game of their Lives; https://koryostudio.com/films/the-game-of-their-lives/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, I chat about North Korea's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Rason, in the very northeast of North Korea. It's also the first place I ever visited in North Korea! Get a North Korean bank account, visit a casino, go to the local market, and say hi to the seals!

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

-> Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

-> TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

-> YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

Links from the show;

Rason Travel Guide: https://koryogroup.com/travel-guide/rason-north-korea-north-korea-travel-guide

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I'm joined by three special guests to discuss the US travel ban to North Korea, the impacts this has on North Korea, on a global scale, and indeed on American citizens themselves. We discuss everything from North Korean tourism to cultural exchanges in North Korea, and why even the US travel ban to North Korea exists. And finally, what you can do to help...

A more political conversation today; please see the note at the end for a disclaimer in terms of this usually a-political podcast.

A massive thank you to Beka and Ji-Yeon over at the LIFT Campaign and Ju-Yeon from Nodutdol for appearing on the show today.

You can learn more about the LIFT campaign or get involved with the following details;

Email us and join the campaign!

[email protected]

Donate to the campaign on Venmo! 

@LIFT_Campaign

Follow the campaign on Instagram! 

@LetIndividualsFreelyTravel

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

-> Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

-> TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

-> YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

Please note: Discover North Korea as part of the 'Zoe Discovers' network attempts to remain a-political as much as possible. Despite this topic being inherently political in nature, I have attempted as much as possible to stay concerned with the human side of things. Any political opinions and ideas shared by others on this podcast are not necessarily my own and I seek simply to facilitate the conversation. Nevertheless, what I will mention and what is clear in the podcast is that I do wish the US travel ban to North Korea can end as soon as possible so humanitarian work and cultural exchanges in North Korea that are so important to the country and on a global scale in terms of the peace-making process can continue operating as soon as possible.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you either really want the North Korean passport stamp, or really don't want it? Whichever one you are, I let you know how to avoid the North Korean passport stamp as well as two ways (the only ways) to get it...

------------------

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

- Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

- TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

- YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

------------------

Patrons!

This episode was made possible thanks to my amazing patrons. Thanks to you all!!!

Clarke, James, Charles, Alex, Yusuke, Simon, Masaki, James H, Stephanie, Eirik, Paul, Pat. H, Ilse B, Kevin S.

Become a Patron here:

www.patreon.com/zoediscovers

------------------

More Info

Music: Arirang (North Korean Version), Korea Film Export & Import Corporation

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

North Korea engagement: www.koryostudio.com / @koryostudio

#discovernorthkorea #stampcollecting #northkorea

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So much to unpack with this episode as I sit with Rob Thomas - a Christian American who lived in North Korea with his wife and baby (and Bible?!) - who tells me all about his experience working in the DPRK. Only scratched the surface on this one as there are so many angles to go from! But we start with the basics... how does an American end up working and living in North Korea? And... what was it like?

Thanks so much to Rob from Hwamok Fellowship for joining!

Contact Rob at Hwamok Fellowship on; linktr.ee/hwamok

------------------

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

-> Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

-> TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

-> YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

------------------

Patrons!

This episode was made possible thanks to my amazing patrons. Thanks to you all!!!

Clarke, James, Charles, Alex, Yusuke, Simon, Masaki, James H, Stephanie, Eirik, Paul, Pat. H, Ilse B, Kevin S.

Become a Patron here:

www.patreon.com/zoediscovers

------------------

More Info

Music: Arirang (North Korean Version), Korea Film Export & Import Corporation

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

North Korea engagement: www.koryostudio.com / @koryostudio

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wonsan is North Korea's most popular place for a holiday. Domestic tourism is on the rise in North Korea and Wonsan is at the forefront of it. You may have heard of North Korea's Kalma resort before? We discuss where the Kalma Resort is up to now and why North Korea tourism as me know it may be about to change.

------------------

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

- Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

- TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

- YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

------------------

Patrons!

This episode was made possible thanks to my amazing patrons. Thanks to you all!!!

Clarke, James, Charles, Alex, Yusuke, Simon, Masaki, James H, Stephanie, Eirik, Paul, Pat. H, Ilse B, Kevin S.

Become a Patron here:

www.patreon.com/zoediscovers

------------------

More Info

Music: Arirang (North Korean Version), Korea Film Export & Import Corporation

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

North Korea engagement: www.koryostudio.com / @koryostudio

#discovernorthkorea #zoediscovers #northkorea

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you prepare for a trip like no other? I run through all the things you need to consider for your North Korea tour. From packing essentials to how to mentally prepare yourself for this trip of a lifetime...

------------------

17 things to know before you go;

https://koryogroup.com/blog/north-korea-travel-16-things-you-need-to-know-before-you-go

------------------

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

- Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

- TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

- YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

------------------

Patrons!

This episode was made possible thanks to my amazing patrons. Thanks to you all!!!

Clarke, James, Charles, Alex, Yusuke, Simon, Masaki, James H, Stephanie, Eirik, Paul, Pat. H, Ilse B, Kevin S.

Become a Patron here:

www.patreon.com/zoediscovers

------------------

More Info

Music: Arirang (North Korean Version), Korea Film Export & Import Corporation

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

North Korea engagement: www.koryostudio.com / @koryostudio

#discovernorthkorea #stampcollecting #northkorea

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's it like getting a local train in North Korea? Greg and his expertise on all things North Korea travel is back for another episode of Discover North Korea. Whilst the theme this week was supposed to be transport, but again we got stuck flitting between different topics on the DPRK including touring the South Korean - North Korean border from west to east as well as why Greg has been spending so much time with planes recently...

Thanks Greg for being an awesome guest as always!

To contact Greg, email him on [email protected] or find him on Instagram @gergovaczi.

For more information on the South Korea DMZ tour, head over to the Koryo Tours website link below (there will be a whole podcast episode out on it in the coming weeks).

https://koryogroup.com/tours/greg-vaczi-s-dmz-adventure

------------------

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

- Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

- TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

- YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

------------------

Patrons!

This episode was made possible thanks to my amazing patrons. Thanks to you all!!!

Clarke, James, Charles, Alex, Yusuke, Simon, Masaki, James H, Stephanie, Eirik, Paul, Pat. H, Ilse B, Kevin S.

Become a Patron here:

www.patreon.com/zoediscovers

------------------

More Info

Music: Arirang (North Korean Version), Korea Film Export & Import Corporation

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

North Korea engagement: www.koryostudio.com / @koryostudio

#discovernorthkorea #zoediscovers #northkorea

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second part of a two-part episode that is a bit different... I take you on a journey from Beijing in China to the North Korean border in China's northeast. I hope you enjoy the train experience in podcast form as much as I did in reality (probably a lot nicer in podcast form, to be honest!).

If you're after some visuals to accompany you on your journey, head over to Instagram where I have the journey saved in my highlights. And coming soon on YouTube will be the video I made of the journey as well as the North Korean border in Dandong (coming soon in April!).

------------------

Contact me with your questions & guest recommendations on [email protected].

Follow me on;

-> Instagram @zoediscoversnk for pictures, videos, and live sessions (when it's possible) from inside North Korea

-> TikTok @zoediscovers for long and short-form videos inside North Korea

-> YouTube @zoediscovers for vlogs inside North Korea

------------------

Patrons!

This episode was made possible thanks to my amazing patrons. Thanks to you all!!!

Clarke, James, Charles, Alex, Yusuke, Simon, Masaki, James H, Stephanie, Eirik, Paul, Pat. H, Ilse B, Kevin S.

Become a Patron here:

www.patreon.com/zoediscovers

------------------

More Info

Music: Arirang (North Korean Version), Korea Film Export & Import Corporation

Visit North Korea: www.koryogroup.com / @koryotours

North Korea engagement: www.koryostudio.com / @koryostudio

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.