Mr King, whose business has been going for 35 years, said that burning the healthy trees had been a depressing experience.

BBC: Essex

One young tour guide, who would only give her surname, Liu, says she found it a restrictive and depressing experience to take Chinese tour groups to Pyongyang.

NPR: Unequal, Uneasy: Life on the China-Korea Border

The whole experience has been "very depressing" for her, and she has gone through a great deal of frustration, Saberi's father said Monday.

CNN: Journalist's release prompts praise from Washington