When North Korea announced a crypto conference back in 2018, Canadian journalist Ethan Lou jumped at the opportunity to see what the country's crypto scene looked like. He encountered many surprises, including being introduced as a presenter to a North Korean audience.
According to Lou, he went there with eight other unsuspecting participants who wanted to simply attend the crypto conference. However, when the plane landed and the conference started, they realized that they were being announced to the audience as foreign experts who flew all the way to North Korea to teach them about crypto.