Given the prevailing paranoia, fueled by propaganda and genuine ignorance, on both sides of the border, it is possible that our hosts were being excessively cautious. Nonetheless, our pre-trip “indoctrination” stifled our reactions, regrettably preventing us from trying harder to reach out to the workers we encountered – an experience that seemed to exemplify the difficulty of bringing North Korea into the international community.
由于宣传和真正的无知，朝鲜半岛边境两边充满了偏执和多疑，东道主对我们太过小心了。尽管如此，我们所得到的前期“灌输”抑制了我们的反应，很遗憾没有更努力地接触我们所遇到的工人——这一经验或许可以说明让朝鲜融入国际社会是多么困难。