Tyranny Tourism Is Thriving On North Korea’s Bizarre Border with China

This was awkward. The karaoke bar proprietor had been rather insistent — forceful even — in her promise that there would be real North Korean staff to sing, pour drinks and chat with guests. This being Dandong, a bustling entrepôt of 2.5 million perched on China’s riverine frontier with the secretive socialist state, it's not as though there weren't plenty of North Koreans milling around.