Guide to the Junggang Region Touristically one of the least visited places in North Korea (for western guests anyway), it lies opposite of our favourite Chinese cities from borderlands, Linjiang, which you can read about here. Junggang County is in…
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The Ghost Train of Dandong
If you’re heading to Dandong in Liaoning Province, China and have half a day to spare I’d strongly recommend checking out the Ghost Train of Dandong. Located on the side of the highway that leads to Tiger Mountain – the…
Read More10 Crazy Facts about the Mass Games
This year, the Mass Games officially returned to North Korea, and wow did they come with a bang! The new theme “Glorious Country”, depending on how you translate it replaced the previous incarnation of “Arirang”. Arirang was good, but this…
Read MoreMade in the DPRK
Depite North Korea’s reputation for reclusiveness, or people’s assertion that it is in some ways backwards, North Korea/DPRK through necessity, priority, and the stated aim of the Juche idea produces a number of top level products over a number of…
Read MoreAleksandr Lukashenko – The Last Soviet Leader of Europe?
“The last dictator in Europe” is what German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle called Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Don’t let the ex-Soviet statesman’s laconic response – “Well, I’d rather be a dictator than be gay” – distract you from the reality…
Read More5 raisons de visiter la Mauritanie
La Mauritanie, colonie française puis ancien territoire d’Outremer jusqu’à son indépendance dans les années 60, est l’un des pays du nord de l’Afrique que l’on mentionne moins. Bien que son industrie touristique en soit à ses premiers balbutiements, le pays,…
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