Alek Sigley Admits He May Never Visit North Korea Again

As I have always said, people should not be visiting or investing in North Korea and helping to fund the Kim regime. Mr. Sigley has found this out the hard way:

Saying that he was “very sad” that he would be unable to complete his master’s degree at Kim Il Sung University, Sigley added on social media that he wants to continue academic work on North Korea, but that he wouldn’t be visiting the country any time soon. NK News, the outlet that KCNA accused Sigley of spying for, said in a statement that Sigley’s six articles between January and April 2019 were the extent of his relationship with the website and that “‘anti-state’ in nature is a misrepresentation which we reject.”

It is unknown what content in Sigley’s pieces irked officials in Pyongyang, given that he tried to dispel negative preconceptions about the country among foreigners in some of his articles. Sigley also ran a tour company he founded for foreigners in North Korea called Tongil Tours, which he said would be canceling all further trips until further notice. 

“I may never again walk the streets of Pyongyang, a city that holds a very special place in my heart,” he wrote. 

Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link, but fortunately he was not held very long, made to do forced labor, or tortured like what has happened to other detainees.