HOLIDAY IN NORTH KOREA

Hey, remember North Korea? Hahaha, just kidding. [goofy voice] "Remember North Korea?" Anyhew, we had such a blast there making The Vice Guide to North Korea that we thought we’d give one of you guys the chance to follow in our terrified footsteps.

Young Pioneer Tours is the only company worldwide that specialized in budget tourism to North Korea. We've buddied up with them to offer one reader a one-week vacation in the Hermit Kingdom.

We'll cover the winner's flights to and from Beijing from any major European city and onward to North Korea. There you’ll join an all-expenses paid tour of the DPRK, during which your Korean hosts will do everything they can to convince you that their homeland really is a socialist utopia.

The trip will include things like a visit the Pyongyang Film Studio, where they produced Kim Jong-il's (North Korean) award-winning movies, time at a shooting gallery where government majors practice their aim, and a night out at the only nightclub in the entire country. You can check out the entire itinerary here.

All you’ve got to do to be in with a chance of winning is convince us you should win. Send us your essays, photo stories, comics, sculptures, movies, flash games, songs, or bribes to try and impress us into giving you a chance to visit the world’s most secretive state. All submissions go [here](mailto: competitions@viceuk.com).

The trip is scheduled for August 15th to 25th, so make sure you're free then before sinking a lot of time into your maestropiece. You probably have loads of questions and over the coming weeks we plan on giving you some answers, but for now, most of the info you need to know about the tour and visiting North Korea in general is over at Young Pioneers. They’re good people, they’ll look after you.

They’ve also agreed to offer Vice readers a special discount for the bulk of you who won’t win the trip. If you fancy joining any of the tours they’re running throughout the year, from April throughout the summer, just mention Vice and you’ll get a handsome 100-euro discount, or 150-euro per person if you book in groups of four or more. Drop them an email for more info at info@youngpioneertours.com.

Oh, and while you're there, we'll probably ask you to keep some sort of a diary.

So, good luck and enter submissions [here](mailto: competitions@viceuk.com).