{"id":77171,"date":"2018-01-15T21:45:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T02:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77171"},"modified":"2018-01-16T09:31:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:31:37","slug":"visit-the-hermit-kingdom-the-state-department-has-a-couple-recommendations-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77171","title":{"rendered":"Visit the Hermit Kingdom- the State Department has a couple recommendations first."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/kim-jong-drunk-601812-e1516070190204.jpg\" alt=\"KJU\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2018\/01\/15\/visiting-north-korea-draft-will-and-make-funeral-plans-state-department-says.html\">Fox News<\/a> reports the US State Department is fine with Americans traveling to North Korea, but will not guarantee one\u2019s safe return. In fact, they recommend making preparations in the all too likely event the trip will be one-way.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018\u201cThe U.S. government is unable to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in North Korea as it does not have diplomatic or consular relations with North Korea,\u201d the State Department published Wednesday on its website.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is a special validation, handed out on a limited basis, to those who wish to travel there. These are available on very limited circumstances, and travelers should prepare for the worst- filing a will and making property and funeral arrangements before the visit.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDraft a will and designate appropriate insurance beneficiaries and\/or power of attorney; discuss a plan \u2018with loved ones regarding care\/custody of children, pets, property, belongings, non-liquid assets (collections, artwork, etc.), funeral wishes, etc.,\u201d according to the recommendations.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The agency also recommended travelers have a \u201ccontingency plan for emergency situations,\u201d on file on the State Department\u2019s social media platform and alert systems.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPresident Trump announced in November the U.S. designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, adding the country to a short list including Iran, Sudan and Syria. North Korea had been removed from the list by the Bush administration in 2008.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Come for the culture, stay for the prison farm in KJU\u2019s murderous rogue regime. Just the place to visit after that hiking trip in the mountainous, remote Hindu Kush, infidel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News reports the US State Department is fine with Americans traveling to North Korea, but &hellip; <a title=\"Visit the Hermit Kingdom- the State Department has a couple recommendations first.\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77171\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Visit the Hermit Kingdom- the State Department has a couple recommendations first.<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}