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Dark Tourism in North Korea: A Visit to Pyongyang
If Winston Churchill perceived Russia as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, the same could be said for North Korea tenfold. Of course, Churchill was speaking about a place that no longer...
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The Ryugyong Hotel: North Korea’s “Hotel of Doom”
The Ryugyong Hotel has towered over the North Korean capital of Pyongyang since construction first began in 1987. However, even 25 years later the building remains unfinished… leading media agencies to...
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The Ancient Capital: Kaesong, North Korea
Situated in the southern mountains of the DPRK, Kaesong is a treasure trove of culture and history. This ancient royal capital is known for its export of medicinal Korean ginseng, for its countless...
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Welcome to the DMZ: Touring the Korean Demilitarized Zone
Stretching for 250km across the Korean Peninsula, the Demilitarized Zone (or DMZ) that divides North Korea from South Korea is one of the world’s most notorious and long-standing war zones. It has...
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A Ride on North Korea’s Pyongyang Metro
Seventeen stations spread across two lines, with names that translate into triumphant slogans such as “Victory” and “Reunification,” “Comrade” and “Red Star”. Add to that rumours of a much deeper,...
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A Visit to Rason, North Korea During the 2013 “Korean Crisis”
In an alarming series of events earlier this year – now being referred to as the ’2013 Korean Crisis’ – North Korea began testing new and improved missiles intended for the delivery of a nuclear...
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On Smoking Weed in North Korea
A trip to a local market in Rason, North Korea offered a rare perspective on day-to-day life in the DPRK… as well as a surprising – and controversial – discovery. NB. Since this piece was originally...
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On 29th September I wrote a report about smoking weed in North Korea. The piece described a visit to the local market in Rason, a remote port city on the north coast of the DPRK. For me, the real...
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The Socialist Street Parties of Cuba, North Korea & The Former-USSR
There’s a myth that socialist republics don’t know how to have a good time – an image of drab, mirthless citizens, passionless rhetoric and the death of individualism. It’s all absolute nonsense of...
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