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North Korea promoted by travel agency as ‘safe country’ for Japanese tourists

JS Tours declares North Korea as an ideal travel destination, posting a photo citing it as a “safe country,” “free from thieves, terrorists and earthquakes.”

It’s the ‘Law dynasty’ at Man Ho–the chef who once cooked for North Korea’s Kim Il Sung

Early most mornings, chef Law Wui Wing can be found not in the kitchen, but in Chinatown. There he forages for ingredients he can use for Man Ho, Marriott Manila’s new Chinese restaurant.

You say ‘lady’ I say ‘feudal slave’ – Korea’s language divide

North and South Korea have never found dialogue easy, but academics from both sides currently meeting in Pyongyang are trying to steer things in the right direction by at least getting them to speak the same language.

A week on the road in North Korea

The Kaema Plateau, the “Roof of Korea,” is a stunning, forest-covered highland nestled in such treacherous mountains that it was never taken by the Allies during the Korean War. It’s now a truck stop.

Pyongyang races to complete new airport in hopes of attracting tourists

Pyongyang isn’t exactly an international travel hub. But attracting more tourists is one of North Korea’s top agenda items, so thousands of soldier-builders are working feverishly these days to give the capital a fancy new airport.

Families still separated 60 years after Korean War

Hong Jong Soon gazes out her window for hours each day, past a small garden where sesame and red peppers grow, past an iron gate and low wall, hoping to witness the return of a man she hasn’t seen or talked to in 63 years.

Pyongyang glitters, but rest of NKorea still dark

The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon.

On war–and raising our children

I don’t know about you, but I am a bit nervous about the flexing of muscles and threatening posture of North Korea. Is it just I, or are you worried too? Do you lose sleep over the almost casual way media carries the news? I do.

North Korea’s ‘Hotel of Doom’ to open after long delays—reports

An enormous pyramid-shaped hotel which has stood half-built for decades in North Korea’s capital is on track to open its doors next year, a luxury international hotel chain said according to reports Friday.

Coca-Cola available but expensive in N. Korea, defectors say

Coca-Cola has been availabe at private markets in North Korea for more than a decade even if the US soft drink maker has not opened business in the communist state, defectors from the North said Saturday.