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I wouldn't go as far as saying visiting North Korea is "profoundly immoral". Would I consider North Korea dangerous to visit though? Yes. The country is still technically at war with South Korea, meaning at any given moment the two nations can dive right back into active combat, which has the potential to become an instant hostage situation for any traveler unlucky enough to be visiting North Korea at that time.

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It's really not that dangerous considering the technicality of being at war has existed for decades. Nobody wants a war on the Korean peninsula (to the perennial disappointment of human rights activists):

1. China- prefers the buffer state between itself and US-aligned South Korea 2. South Korea- has seen what happened with Germany's economy after re-unification, fears that times 100 with the state of North Korea's population 3. North Korea- has absolutely no chance of defeating the South without Chinese intervention, which is unlikely to happen.

That combined with the mass destruction and slaughter on both sides of the DMZ which would occur makes all out war unlikely.

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