by Calvin Sun | Aug 13, 2011 | Getting that VISA, How Did You Do That?, Let me tell you a Story..., Mythbusters, North Korea, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
Press play. And then start reading. Well, I just got into the most isolated country in the world without a hitch and I’ll be coming out with a lot of stories. There’s a lot of material to go over in terms of what...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 12, 2011
Speaking | Television | Podcasts | Domestic | International | Other Blogs Speaking 2025 Manhattan Borough President Candidate Forum – May 15, 2025 Touro College of Medicine – Middletown Campus, APAMSA, Book Club, and Lifestyle Medicine Speaker Series...
by Calvin Sun | Mar 29, 2023 | April 2023: South Korea & Jeju Island, Fit for Foodies, Getting that VISA, South Korea, Walking Tours
How do we do a megacity like Seoul justice? Certainly an 18 hour layover isn’t going to cut it. And that’s a big reason why I’ve returned to visit Seoul properly. Accompanied by 19 new and returning monsooners, all of us touched down in ICN...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 23, 2011 | Let me tell you a Story..., North Korea, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come
For a more compelling and professional journalistic write-up of what we had experienced, please read BBC News’ longform article on us and our story: BBC NEWS: The man who went to the North Korean place that ‘doesn’t exist’ – June 18, 2018. I promise...
by Calvin Sun | Aug 8, 2011 | North Korea, Summer 2011: From the Middle East to North Korea, Travel Warnings
Thank you, U.S. State Department, for issuing this warning for me. 🙂 In any case, I’ll be in North Korea within the next 12 hours! The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against entering North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK),...