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Article: Surviving a Bad Trip.(North Korea charges South Korean tourist with espionage in latest confrontation with South Korea)(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek International
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- July 5, 1999
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How chat about noodles landed Min in jail
Min Young Mi's vacation turned ugly beneath a waterfall on North Korea's scenic Mount Kumgang. Standing below the magnificent cascade last week, the 36-year-old South Korean mother told local tour guides that northern defectors "earn fortunes selling cold noodles or as television comedians" in the South. To her hosts, all indoctrinated Korea Workers' Party cadres, the remark sounded like an invitation to betray their Stalinist homeland. So they immediately levied a $100 fine and forced Min to write a self-criticism. But the punishment wasn't over. When Min tried to reboard her South Korean cruise ship that evening, ...