“The U.S. government is unable to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in North Korea...”
The implication that the US provides emergency services, in any country, to US citizens is laughable. Maybe they can help with an evacuation. Maybe. I never travel with the US Fed as my emergency plan and neither should anyone else.
I second this approach...I lived overseas for three years, and learned you must have your own plan when SHTF.