North Korea - Getting Around

You won't have much choice in the matter. Most likely, you'll be with a government guide in a government vehicle and you'll go where the government wants you to go. U.S. citizens may spend money in North Korea only to purchase ordinary travel necessities such as hotel accommodations, meals and goods for immediate personal consumption in North Korea. There is no longer any per-diem restriction on these expenses, and the use of credit cards for these transactions is also authorized. Because the sanctions system prohibits business dealings with North Korea, unless licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department, purchases of goods or services unrelated to travel are prohibited. There exists only the skeleton of a public transit system in North Korea: very few buses, virtually no cars and no domestic flights (open to foreigners). Travel by train is your best bet if you're not traveling by car. Again, you'll have no say. But trains are usually used to visit some of the more popular tourist sites (a three-word oxymoron). There is no bus service between the cities. Pyongyang possesses a two-line metro and regular bus services.

http://www.dpr-korea.com/english.html

http://www.duke.edu/~myhan/b_NK.html

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