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Detained American in North Korea Was on Tour Booked With London Operator

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Photo Credit: Travelers on a Juche Travel Services aviation tour attended a performance by the Moranbong Band in Pyongyang in October in a show marking the founding of the Workers Party of Korea. Juche Travel Services / Clive Grant

Skift Take

Dennis Rodman may be fairly safe visiting North Korea, but for other Americans getting out of there after going on a tour may be a bit chancy, as this latest incident shows.

An American Korean War veteran, reportedly pulled off an Asiana Airlines flight in Pyongyang in October and detained at the end of his travels, was on a tour arranged by a UK-based tour operator. The incident may have contributed to the U.S. State Department issuing a new travel warning for North Korea on November 19, recommending against U.S. citizens traveling there and stating: "The Depar

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