I travel a lot and always struggle to find authentic guided tours which are often radiating in forced niceness-but this tour was different. In my 106 countries of experience, I've never met a group tour guide quite like Julie. Often as a solo traveler I get ignored by the guide, but Julie had my name memorized by the time we we reached the second stop. She didn't lecture, she delivered information in a way that was easy to follow and genuinely interesting. Not only about the DMZ and North Korea but also skincare, ginseng, whiskey, etc. There was not a single question asked that she could not give a detailed answer to, and that's to be commended. The atmosphere she created as well was playful and welcoming, but not in the fake sense you sometimes get - she actually means it. The UN controls what we can and can't do, so while no pictures at most of the stops was frustrating, every tour to the DMZ is operating under the same rules. The difference between sufficient and fantastic is Julie.