As a Korean-American, I had my reservations about going on a tour to North Korea.  From stories that were told to me as a child to stories that were told to me by the media, they were never these positive messages telling me this was a country I should go visit.  From as early as I can remember, I was always taught by my parents to actually hate North Korea and to distance myself from it as much as possible.  Non-Korean Americans would always ask me if I was from the North or South shortly after finding out I was Korean.  And now even