North Korea

United States an Up and Coming Destination for North Koreans

North Korean Soldier © yeowatzup A little diplomatic hostility isn’t enough to keep North Koreans from visiting the United States. According to the Department of Homeland security the number of North Korean tourists in the first half of 2011 has increased by 50 percent compared to last year. Not all the visits were strictly recreational, [...]

North Korea Is One of the Happiest Places on Earth (… According to North Korea)

This is just plain hilarious: According to a global happiness index released in North Korea, the country and its allies are the most cheerful countries in the world. Naturally, the “American Empire” strikes Pyongyang as just plain sad. Shanghaiist reports that North Korea’s Chosun Central Television recently came out with a happiness index compiled by [...]

Who Knew North Korea Was So Groovy? [Video]

I almost … almost … closed out of it immediately. But the perfect synchronization of random, uniformed Korean woman clapping and high military leg kicks really clicks with Jimmy Horne’s “Dance Across the Floor” around the thirty second mark. And I simply could not look away.

The Worst Building in the History of Mankind

It’s been called ‘the worst building in the history of mankind.’ And Kim Jong-il would have been so proud. The Ryugyong (”Capitol of Willows”) Hotel stands 105-stories tall in the dead-center of Pyongyang, the capitol of North Korea. At its inception, it was hoped to have 3.9 million square feet of floor space (and seven [...]