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Year after Kim Jong-nam's killing, suspected masterminds evade trial
Spectrum, Published on 18/02/2018
» Lost in the glare of North Korea's missile launches, rhetorical battles with Washington and charm offensive at the Winter Olympics, two women stand accused of a crime that could send them to the gallows -- the stunning assassination of Kim Jong-un's estranged half brother.
Pyongyang's real revolution
Asia focus, Published on 28/08/2017
» Like all North Korean adults, Song Un-pyol wears the faces of leader Kim Jong-un's father and grandfather pinned neatly to her left lapel, above her heart. But on her right lapel a diamond-and-gold brooch glitters.
The sad saga of N. Korea's ATMs
Business, Associated Press, Published on 25/04/2017
» PYONGYANG: No modern airport terminal is complete without an ATM, and Pyongyang's now has two. But they don't work -- because of new Chinese sanctions, according to bank officials -- and it's not clear when they will.
Coca-Cola in North Korea? It's (usually not) the Real Thing
Business, Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2017
» PYONGYANG: Coca-Cola is possibly the world's most recognisable brand, an almost inescapable symbol of the global appeal of American-style consumer culture. There are only two countries in the world where Coke doesn't officially operate, and one of them is North Korea.
Big but empty hotel remains a mystery
Business, Associated Press, Published on 23/12/2016
» PYONGYANG: Pyongyang's pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, which poetically enough was built with some help from Egyptians, is one of the world's strangest landmarks and most conspicuous construction-project fails. Intended to be the world's tallest hotel, it has yet to host a guest, even though it's nearly as old as leader Kim Jong-un.
Is Air Koryo worst airline? It may be the quirkiest
Business, Published on 03/09/2015
» PYONGYANG, North Korea: If an Air Koryo passenger ignores its no-photography rule, a flight attendant might take the camera and delete the pictures herself. Crumpling up a newspaper bearing the image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un can earn travellers a stern lecture, or worse.