North Korea may be Open to Solo Travel

Throughout the last couple months government officials in South Korea have been open to negotiating policy that might make it accessible for South Korean citizens to visit North Korea. Under this new policy, South Koreans will be granted visas by their government that will allow them to travel to North Korea, but only with the permission of North Korea as well. According to CNN Travel, "The ministry's deputy spokesman, Kim Eun-han, said individual tourism was not subject to sanctions and that "the government is actively reviewing to allow South Koreans to visit North Korea individually as long as the safety for the citizens can be guaranteed.". This leaving only the concern of South Korean's safety the last barrier present in the way of allowing South Koreans into their neighboring country. Considering rising tensions with the North Korea and the rest of the world, these threats to safety are not easy to look past. It's not likely these negotiations will go smoothly, but obvious progress is being made in the quest to open North Korea to the rest of the world.