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North Korea bans foreigners from marathon over Ebola fears
Further restricting travel to the already isolated country, North Korea barred foreigners from one of its most popular tourist events -- the annual Pyongyang marathon -- because of concerns over the Ebola virus, travel agencies said Monday. While no cases of Ebola have been reported anywhere near North Korea, the country shut out foreign tourists in October with some of the strictest Ebola regulations...
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North Korea with the clean SWEEP at the 2015 Pyonyang Marathon.
And very desserving. North Korea is best Korea.
Anyone who travels to North Korea for a marathon implicitly supports their horrible government. I don't understand how someone can go for a fun vacation in a country that tortures, kills and exploits it's inhabitants on such a vast scale.
Why do people eat endangered animals or purchase goods made from them(ivory, gorilla hands, etc)? They just don't care.
I thought they already did this last month or even earlier?