North Korea

Nobel Peace Centre Highlight: Sim Chi Yin

Sim Chi Yin is Nobel Peace Prize Photographer 2017

Kempinski to run world’s tallest hotel in North Korea

An enormous pyramid-shaped hotel which has stood half-built for decades in North Korea's capital is on track to open its doors next year.

North Korea makes new move in row over resort

North Korea said Friday it would encourage international investment in a mountain resort, weeks after threatening to scrap its exclusive deal with the South Korean firm that helped fund the project. The special zone for...

North Korea leader sets world fashion trend

The trademark suit sported by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is now in fashion worldwide thanks to his greatness, Pyongyang's official website said Wednesday. Uriminzokkiri, quoting an article in communist party newspaper Rodong Sinmun, said...

Kim Jong-il’s ‘six luxury trains’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il - who shuns air travel - has six luxurious special trains equipped with conference rooms, bedrooms and high-tech communication facilities, a South Korean newspaper says. There are also 19...

No yacht for Kim Jong-Il

Two luxury yachts, which were about to be shipped to China for the eventual use of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, have been impounded by Italian police in Viareggio. The yachts are valued at €13m,...
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