Canada warns citizens not to visit N. Korea
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Canada has urged its citizens to avoid North Korea. / Courtesy of Twitter
By Lee Jin-a
Canada has warned residents not to go to North Korea, saying visits to the communist country can carry “extreme risks,” a U.S.-based media outlet said Tuesday.
According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), Canada’s Foreign Ministry said its citizens should “avoid all travel” to North Korea.
“Canada made the decision because the North's development of nuclear weapons and its repressive regime are causing safety concerns,” RFA said.
North Korea joins Afghanistan, Syria and Mali on the highest level of Canada's four-tier travel warning system.
Late last year, the North sentenced a Korean-Canadian pastor to life in prison on subversion charges. The pastor reportedly entered the reclusive country as a missionary.