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“When the plane landed, nobody moved. Everyone was quiet. It was the first sign to me that we were really in North Korea.”<\/p>\n

Auke Boersma is a Dutch advertising executive who recently travelled to North Korea’s capital of Pyongyang as a tourist. Like many who sign up for the annual Pyongyang marathon<\/a>, it’s a chance to see the much-discussed, mostly secretive nation that occupies headlines but rarely offers the outside world a peek inside.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: BBC journalist expelled from North Korea<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Boersma, who works for Light Reaction in Singapore, told Mashable<\/i> he was keen to go because he wanted to see how accurately the hermit kingdom is portrayed in outside media. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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