‘Getting experience in North Korea’ is perhaps one of the worst things you can do if you want to work as a diplomat (or in government more broadly).
Taking US diplomats in particular (although this generalises well to other government roles, and to other countries) people in these roles—ditto ~half the federal government—require a security clearance. Going on your own initiative to a hostile foreign power (circumventing state department attempts to prevent US citizens going without their express dispensation due to safety concerns whilst you are at it) concisely demonstrates you are a giant security risk.
This impression gets little better (and plausibly even worse) if the explanation you offer for your visit is a (probably misguided) attempt to conduct tacit economic warfare against the NK government.
‘Getting experience in North Korea’ is perhaps one of the worst things you can do if you want to work as a diplomat (or in government more broadly).
Taking US diplomats in particular (although this generalises well to other government roles, and to other countries) people in these roles—ditto ~half the federal government—require a security clearance. Going on your own initiative to a hostile foreign power (circumventing state department attempts to prevent US citizens going without their express dispensation due to safety concerns whilst you are at it) concisely demonstrates you are a giant security risk.
This impression gets little better (and plausibly even worse) if the explanation you offer for your visit is a (probably misguided) attempt to conduct tacit economic warfare against the NK government.