North Korea’s latest tourism commercial is an odd, unsettling piece of work.
Picture a group of Russians frolicking on a beach in bikinis—not exactly what springs to mind when you think of a North Korean getaway.
The state-owned Korea International Travel Company recently unveiled a low-budget advertisement aimed at attracting tourists to the East Asian nation.
But the whole thing feels more like a knock-off California ad than a genuine invitation to the Hermit Kingdom.
The video, posted on the Reddit thread ‘r/northkorea’, shows young Russians reveling in the sun in North Korea, one of the world’s most secluded countries. The clip claims to have been filmed at Majeon Beach…













