Woman tourist shot dead at North Korean resort

Reuters ^ | 07/11/08 | Jon Herskovitz

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Woman tourist shot dead at North Korean resort

SEOUL (Reuters) - A woman tourist in her fifties was shot and killed at a mountain resort in North Korea popular with South Korean tourists, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.

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According to local media reports, N. Koreans claim that she was strolling along the shore and accidentally went into restricted military zone, where she was shot after being given a few warnings.

The resort is an enclosed area where tourists from South can be brought in and enjoy some scenic views. It is one of N. Korea's main cash-earning operation. However, its revenue has dropped significantly and they are barely maintaining its operation.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Coffee200am]

A spy!

[AmericanInTokyo]

Whatever the North Korean version, if they even say anything, will be a complete lie.

[FlyVet]

Shot for being crazy, or drunk as a skunk? Did they bother to find out why she wandered there, before they shot her?

What a country!

[TigerLikesRooster]

I suspect so, too.
There could be more going on.
According to what I heard, the place is rather tightly controlled and tourists would not be able to wander off so casually.

[TigerLikesRooster]

S. Korean government announced that it suspends tourist travel to Mt. Kumgang resort.

[SatinDoll]

<... its revenue has dropped significantly and they are barely maintaining its operation...>

Duh! That’s what happens when you shoot dead the tourists who bring money.

[Gamecock]

***However, its revenue has dropped significantly and they are barely maintaining its operation. ***

I don't have an MBA, but if they are already having a problem with declining revenue, shouldn't they make things nicer and stop shooting the people who are the revenue producers? < sarc>

[Bon mots]

The regime is terrified of a lone 50-something year old woman?

Sick.

[count-your-change]

“However, its revenue has dropped significantly and they are barely maintaining its operation.”
Shooting your customers will cause that at times.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the ping.

[mkjessup]

The regime is terrified of a lone 50-something year old woman?

That 50-something year old woman was probably taller than the majority of North Korean soldiers, who have literally shrunk in size due to chronic malnutrition over the decades of so-called 'Juche' philosophy ('total self-reliance').

As for the Number One Juche-Bag (Comrade Chia Pet), he's doing just fine.

[Joe Boucher]

If you really are a nw_arizona_granny, I’d suggest you not vacationing in North Korea.

[nw_arizona_granny]

LOL, I really am a NW Arizona Granny.

N. Korea would not be a country that I would choose to visit.

Nothing wrong with a vacation in the good ole U.S.A.

[Joe Boucher]

I’ve been to 49 states and 35 foreign countries.
At this point I may go and drive the trans Canadian Highway but as for foreign travel that is about it.
Think I’ll go back and revisit all those states again.

[Caipirabob]

A little while ago, a Freeper posted a series of secret video taped in NK by a traveler who wanted to document the hopelessness of NK on film.

He outright explained at several points during the 14-part series of how dangerous it is to commit any infraction of the rules as designated by NK. I have little doubt that any tourist would receive a similar warning.

There's more to this than we'll ever know.

[TonyM]

The Chef must have run out of dog.

[ASA Vet]

Which eight States did you miss?

[Joe Boucher]

Have not gone to Hawaii yet. Promised myself I’d only go if I could sail there and the opportunity hasn’t yet arisen.

Funny though. 57 states, and he went to Harvard.