North Korea has remained strictly off limits to most tourists for more than five years now, despite travel companies’ repeated announcements about Pyongyang’s plans to reopen.

But while it’s unclear when it will be possible to sightsee around Kim Il Sung Square again, adventurous travelers willing to venture off the beaten path can still glimpse the world’s most secretive country from a more visitor friendly destination — South Korea.

Many may assume a tour of the famous blue huts of the Joint Security Area is the closest they can get to the DPRK, but in reality there are locations