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N. Korea bars tourists from popular race over Ebola concerns
Lake Wylie Pilot / AP ^
| 2-22-2015
Posted on 02/22/2015 7:24:38 PM PST by Citizen Zed
North Korean authorities are barring foreigners from this year's Pyongyang marathon, a popular tourist event, due to ongoing Ebola travel restrictions.
Nick Bonner, co-founder of Beijing-based Koryo Tours, a tour agency that specializes in North Korea travel, said more than 400 foreign runners had signed up with his agency alone for the event, which is to be held April 12. He said he was informed by officials on Monday that the race would be open only to local runners.
Though no cases of Ebola have been reported anywhere near North Korea, the country shut its borders to foreign tourists in October with strict regulations to keep the virus out. North Korean media have suggested Ebola was created by the U.S. military as a biological weapon.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: ebola; marathon; northkorea; pyongyang; pyongyangmarathon; tourists
So I guess Rodman can't participate.
To: Citizen Zed
Nick bonner and his buddies at koryo tours are a sick bunch. Norks probably blackmailed them and now they drink the koolaid. Met one of their guys, I will call him spanky. Wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him. Self serving commies all of them.
To: Citizen Zed
popular tourist event in NK?
lol!
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02/22/2015 7:55:41 PM PST
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GeronL
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:49:09 PM PST
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Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Citizen Zed; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; ...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......
(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
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posted on
02/26/2015 8:26:06 PM PST
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null and void
(No crime, real or imagined, is too small to not be declared a felony.)
To: Smokin' Joe
To: Citizen Zed; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...
Well, it’s official: North Korea’s border policy makes more sense than ours.
THAT’S RIGHT, I SAID IT!!!
Combined PING! and DANG!
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posted on
02/27/2015 3:24:32 PM PST
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Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Je suis Charlie, you miserable Islamist throwbacks!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I have got to agree 100% with your post.
Brilliant observation.
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