Seeing and believing
— September 15, 2013A tour of the largest film studio in North Korea offers insights into the propaganda machine
Continue Reading ...A tour of the largest film studio in North Korea offers insights into the propaganda machine
Continue Reading ...Visiting the capital Pyongyang is a surreal experience. Many visitors don’t know what to believe
Continue Reading ...Take two of Sydney’s most historical buildings, add some seriously cool design, a little humour and a lot of attitude and you’ve got QT Sydney, the hottest new hotel to open in the city for years The QT Sydney is no ordinary five-star hotel — it’s a piece of theatre and without doubt the most…
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Continue Reading ...A dearth of nightlife options and a series of power outages leave Kate Whitehead and her tour group wandering round Pyongyang looking for some fun
Continue Reading ...Thousands, including two from Hong Kong, apply for the ultimate reality show – a one-way trip to colonise the red planet with cameras in tow
Continue Reading ...Sea life and mini golf are North Korea’s latest propaganda tools
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Continue Reading ...The city of Pyongyang may conjure up images of Mass Games and goose-stepping sentries, but the North Korean capital looks very different from the place it was 10 years ago.
Continue Reading ...The North Koreans know how to put on a show and this year — the 60th anniversary of the end of hostilities in the Korean War — they’ve gone all out for the Mass Games.
Continue Reading ...It has the world’s tallest unoccupied building, it puts on the world’s biggest annual show and it’s sometimes prone to petulant nuclear threats. But what else do you know about North Korea?
Continue Reading ...Sea life and mini golf are North Korea’s latest propaganda tools
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