I’ve been to North Korea six times. I used to only fly, but for the past three years I’ve taken the train.  Because I first visited the DPRK by train in July 2009, all of my train based visits have taken place since the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874, a resolution that has the partial objective of preventing North Korea from importing military hardware and luxury goods.

As any recent tourist to the DPRK will tell you, the Koreans do a pretty good job of showing off just how easy they find it to import luxury goods.  Fine