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(Click here for full story) Having written about a visit to the DMZ and Panmunjom from the North, I figured it was time to try writing something about the far more popular visits from the South. There are already numerous resources . . . more Be first to comment on this article \| Quote this article \| Views: 1020
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(Click here for full story) I finally got around to processing, editing, and posting two short video clips from my trip to North Korea (Journey into Kimland). The first are some video clips from a CD of the North's Arirang Festival, the other is from a performance by a talented group of children at the Schoolchildren's Palace in Pyongyang. ... more Comments (1) \| Quote this article \| Views: 806
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Since the agreement at the 6-Party Talks in February, and this past week's visit of Kim Gye-gwan, North Korea's vice foreign minister, to San Francisco and New York, a lot of attention is getting paid to partially lifting American sanctions on North Korea. The specific regulations or acts of Congress most commonly mentioned for removal or adjustment are those pertaining to ... Be first to comment on this article \| Quote this article \| Views: 565
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Journey into Kimland is my North Korea travelogue from Pyongyang, Kaesong, the northern side of the DMZ, and beautiful Mt. Myohyang. Be first to comment on this article \| Quote this article \| Views: 947
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The plane touched down a couple of hours later at Pyongyang International Airport. A giant picture of Kim Il-sung looked down over the barren tarmac as we made our way down the steps of the plane and into waiting Air Koryo buses for the 30 second trip to the terminal. Once at the terminal, even before clearing immigration, I met Mr. Baek, the man who was to be our main tour guide. He divided us into language groups first, the Japanese from our tour into one group, the two Chinese into another, the two Germans got put into our six man English speaking group. Be first to comment on this article \| Quote this article \| Views: 491
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What is it with dictatorships and their odd obsession to have everything be the biggest, tallest, widest and longest? Does North Korea really need the world's biggest stadium? Or a 'victory arch' larger than the one in Paris? Or, and by far the most ridiculous, the world's largest and tallest hotel? Be first to comment on this article \| Quote this article \| Views: 743
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"Was the hotel ok? Did you have electricity? Water? Food? Were the rooms bugged? Could you leave?" People are always curious about our hotel in ways I've never heard after trips to other countries. The hotel, while far from luxurious, was fine. Though the anti-US and anti-Japanese photo displays in the lobby next to check-in were somewhat less than welcoming. Be first to comment on this article \| Quote this article \| Views: 1166
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I'd heard and read plenty about this show before I came and had been kind of skeptical. A bunch of people flipping around colored squares? How cool could that be? Be first to comment on this article \| Quote this article \| Views: 563
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The day, as did all our days in North Korea, started early. We were down in Dining Room 2 by 7am for a quick breakfast and then onto the bus for the three hour trip south to the DMZ. Most of us had been to the DMZ before from South Korea and the chance to visit from the opposite side was one of the more intriguing parts of the whole trip. Be first to comment on this article \| Quote this article \| Views: 670
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Kaesong, located just a short trip from the DMZ, was once the capital of the whole country, back during the Koryo dynasty. At the time it was famous for its artistic development, Buddhism, and the beauty of its women. Though not many traditional areas remain the North has preserved and restored a small area of buildings that now mainly serve as restaurants. The sudden trip back into a quieter, more traditional Korea after the modern mess of the DMZ makes for a radical change of atmosphere. Be first to comment on this article \| Quote this article \| Views: 474
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