pyongyang
Meet the Only Westerner to Work for the North Korean Regime
This weekend saw the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. While you no doubt spent Saturday toasting the memory of the fatherland's eternal victory over the US, it's unlikely that you rejoiced with quite the same vigor as the DPRK's biggest...
North Korea's First Racing Video Game Is Terrible
North Korea has been in the news lately for a very scary reason, but it isn’t every day that Asia’s hermit kingdom releases a car-racing video game. And when they do, you can definitely expect it to be a boring simulation about driving down a pin...
They Weren't Joking, North Korea Tested Another Nuclear Bomb
While you were sleeping, North Korea was causing a small earthquake on the Korean peninsula. After a gradual buildup over the past few weeks that's seen domestic media in the socialist state saturated with missile-themed iconography, and timed just a...
What the Hell Is Eric Schmidt Doing in North Korea?
It's unclear how he got his plane ticket, or who even let him through customs.
Literary
We recently got our hands on a few “history” books a friend of ours brought back from Pyongyang.
