North Korea:'Travel to this secretive country can be life-changing'

North Korea:'Travel to this secretive country can be life-changing'

A Melburnian who works as a North Korea tour guide has a fresh perspective on the hermit nation.

  • byCourtney Carthy

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North Korea ski destinations:Kiwi skier Sam Smoothy hits the slopes

North Korea ski destinations:Kiwi skier Sam Smoothy hits the slopes

Kiwi freeskier Sam Smoothy is used to going off-piste - but when it comes to strange ski destinations,North Korea is right up there.

  • bySiobhan Downes
North Korea travel:How to visit the world's most isolated country

North Korea travel:How to visit the world's most isolated country

North Korea:how to visit the world's most secretive country

  • byNatalie Paris andHugh Morris
What it's really like to travel in North Korea

What it's really like to travel in North Korea

Would you risk travelling to a country where you can be imprisoned for no good reason for an unlimited amount of time?

  • byBen Groundwater
The world's most unlikely tourist destination

The world's most unlikely tourist destination

A place so bizarre it seems almost unbelievable. And I can't wait to go there.

  • byBen Groundwater
Countries not influenced by Western culture and why you should visit them

Countries not influenced by Western culture and why you should visit them

These are cities that are truly different. Where nothing makes sense. And travellers will love them.

  • byBen Groundwater
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North Korea tours:Simon Cockerell of Koryo Tours has visited 143 times

North Korea tours:Simon Cockerell of Koryo Tours has visited 143 times

Barely any Westerners have visited North Korea,but Simon Cockerell has been there 143 times.

  • byAnna Fifield
Follow the dear leader

Follow the dear leader

When in the Hermit Kingdom,you need to know more than just places to eat,writes Isobel Yeung.

In thrall of the sprawl

In thrall of the sprawl

Think small and look for small delights in big cities,writes<b>Lance Richardson</b>.

Tense and tacky:the world's strangest international border

Tense and tacky:the world's strangest international border

It is one of the tensest international borders in the world,but it's also attracting hordes of tourists.

The world's weirdest destination

The world's weirdest destination

It has a reputation as being"forbidden"to travellers,but Chris Pritchard finds getting into one of the world's least visited countries is easy.