North Korean Soldier © yeowatzup
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A little diplomatic hostility isn’t enough to keep North Koreans from visiting the United States. According to the Department of Homeland security the number of North Korean tourists in the first half of 2011 has increased by 50 percent compared to last year.
Not all the visits were strictly recreational, Gadling reports that a group of scientists were among those traveling to the USA. We can probably safely assume they weren’t nuclear scientists.