North Korea may be a nightmarishly oppressive state, but for architects there’s a sliver of dreamland within – the capital, Pyongyang. As architects Cristiano Bianchi and Kristina Drapic explain in their new book, Model City Pyongyang. They say: ‘We realised that the city does have its own strange kind of beauty. Pyongyang embodies the dream … Read more
If you want to take your ski holiday completely off-piste, then forget the Rockies, Sierra Nevada mountains or the Alps – try the Middle East. Or perhaps North Korea. Here we reveal some of the most unlikely locations for ski resorts. North Korea North Korea’s Masikryong ski resort opened in 2014 to compete with Pyeongchang … Read more
North Korea boasts that it has no cases of COVID-19, even as its neighbor to the north China has experienced more than 3,200 deaths from the global pandemic. North Korean leader Kim Jung Un claims that a 30-day quarantine, a closed border and the suspension of trade with China has kept the nation free from … Read more
North Korea boasts that it has no cases of COVID-19, even as its neighbor to the north China has experienced more than 3,200 deaths from the global pandemic. North Korean leader Kim Jung Un claims that a 30-day quarantine, a closed border and the suspension of trade with China has kept the nation free from … Read more
North Korea has Photoshopped face masks onto coronavirus propaganda images, an expert has claimed. Multiple photographs depicting North Korea’s response to the threat of COVID-19 were sent to Stuart Gibson, a senior lecturer in forensic science at the University of Kent, for expert analysis. But while North Korea has gone to great lengths to show the … Read more