Journalists at a museum in North Korea Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times Foreign journalists souround a tour guide at Kim Il Sung’s birthplace museum. Is what I’m experiencing some real-life version of “Waiting for Godot”? And if anyone contemplates wandering off the approved track, there’s this to consider: Several Americans who were detained, tried and sentenced in North Korea in recent years have reported that they were held captive in the very hotel where we are currently staying. Full coverage: Inside North KoreaEach journalist — be they a writer, on-camera reporter, producer, photographer or cameraman — is assigned a personal government minder/interpreter. There has been lots of waiting, with what some would say is very little reward.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 07, 2016 15:16 UTC