(Bloomberg) -- A military dirge emanated from Alejandro Cao's laptop as my 1,200 euros ($1,625) flapped through a cash counter on his desk in Beijing's Red Wall hotel. The Spanish-born supporter of North Korea, wearing a crisp, black Mao suit with a portrait of Kim Il-sung on the lapel, was to be my guide into the secretive communist nation.
North Korea this spring tentatively reopened its doors to American visitors, signaling a thaw in relations in the wake of a new denuclearization plan. When they're allowed, a handful of agencies run group tours of the Hermit Kingdom, with prices from about $2,000 to $6,000 for a tightly controlled itinerary.
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