All it costs is $5895 for “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness a planned society.”

Our journey to North and South Korea begins with a “briefing” in Beijing’s Mao-inspired Red Capital Club nestled deep inside a historic hutong. Then it’s off to isolated Pyongyang — eerie yet appealing like East Berlin of the 1980’s — where you’ll witness North Korea’s most exuberant festival alongside 150,000 spectators in May Day Stadium. Several statues of Kim Il Sung later, you peer across the world’s most heavily armed border (the Demilitarized Zone).

Hmmm: “eerie yet appealing like East Berlin of the 1980’s.” I’ve been to both North Korea and Berlin in the 1980’s, and I can confirm that both were “eerie.” But “appealing”? Different folks, different strokes.