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Glimpse into daily life in North Korea

Glimpse into daily life in North Korea

By Sat, Jul 23, 2011 10:10PM UTC View Comments Glimpse into daily life in North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A little boy skips along grasping a classmate’s hand, his cheeks flushed and a badge of the Great Leader’s smiling face pinned to his Winnie the Pooh sweatshirt. Men in military green share a joke over beers at a German-style pub next door to the Juche tower. Schoolgirls wearing the...

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Yes, there is Golf in North Korea

By Wed, Jan 26, 2011 7:35AM UTC View Comments Yes, there is Golf in North Korea

John Barton, writing at the Golf Digest blog, recently posted a recollection of his participation in the first “North Korean Open” in 2004. The game itself is of little interest, and is barely touched upon by Barton, but the post gives some insight into how North Korea’s upper crust entertain themselves and their guests. Pyongyang, the...

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