My journey in North Korea included the unusual visit to a hospital. The maternity hospital Choson Gul (평양산원) in the outskirts of Pyongyang. To this day I still don’t quite…
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The Arirang Mass Games of North Korea
The Arirang Mass Games are the most beautiful (and controversial) choreographed performance I have ever seen. An acrobatic, dance and gymnastic show involving up to 100,000 participants in Pyongyang’s 150,000-seater May Day…
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People in North Korea
In North Korea you’ll find everyone: farmers, nurses, fishermen, secretaries, school kids with blue-buttons and red handkerchief uniforms, traffic police, sellers, librarians, old people and young people. People in North Korea are like…
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North Korea: before you go
Going to North Korea, at the time, was a fantastic revolutionary idea for traveling. A destination nobody would even consider. The most secretive and hermetic country on earth. North Korea,…