When Luca Pferdmenges finally made it to North Korea five years after it locked down, he knew to expect a lot of surprises.
Later they stopped off at a shopping centre where locals mistook them for Russian businessmen, who are among the few groups of people who’ve been let into North Korea since Covid saw the borders slammed shut.
They have like a North Korean version of Clash of Clans, for example," said Luca.
The German also saw a different side to the country — one that North Korea’s dictators didn't want visitors to record.
North Korea has not been open to tourists since early 2020, its leader deciding to lock citizens in and foreigners out as the Covid-19 pandemic began.
