What are the precautions for Koreans to travel to northern China?

Sometimes I think North Korea is a strange country. South Korea and North Korea are one. As a result, South Korea next door is so modern and developed, while North Korea seems to be frozen. It seems that clothes and street scenes are maintained at the moment when our new China just opened, separated by a wall. How can there be such a big difference?

I have never been to North Korea myself, but I have read some travel guides in this field, so I would like to briefly talk about my views here.

Go to the group

Traveling to North Korea, I think it is more worth seeing the special sense of the times there than watching the scenery. It is best to join a tour group. North Korea does not accept individual tours. Even if you join a tour group, there are very strict requirements. Basically, you can't leave the team alone You will be accompanied during the whole tour. This kind of escort is different from our traditional tour guide escort service, and it is subject to certain supervision. Besides the tour guide, there is also a political commissar.

You can't take pictures at will.

Generally speaking, it is almost enough to bring an ordinary camera. If you bring a professional SLR, the inspection will be very careful. Moreover, it is forbidden to take pictures on the train, and it is also forbidden to take pictures in places where soldiers appear. I feel that many photos in the travel notes are secretly taken, so I can't bring my mobile phone to North Korea. Take pictures actively, and you can't take pictures in a bad environment.

Ask less sensitive topics.

It feels like a very closed environment. Koreans go out to work as a team, and then they are accompanied by political commissar, and then computer access is particularly strict. Is this closed environmental model more conducive to the management of the people?

Don't travel at night.

That's what everyone says. As for what will happen if you are caught in a night outing, you haven't said it in detail. For the sake of safety, don't go out at night.

North Korea does have a certain mystery in my heart. Maybe I will consider traveling there in the future. Very chronological, like a frozen picture, and I don't know how many years it will last.