The penthouse apartments at the top of the tallest tower in Pyongyang’s showpiece development offer impressive views, ice green wallpaper and purple sofas – but had no hot water when the project opened Thursday. Ryomyong Street is the third prestige project in as many years in the North Korean capital, and by far the largest, … Read more
A humble two-room hut nestles beneath snow-laden trees, a warm red glow emerging from within, reminiscent of a Christmas Nativity. It is, according to North Korean orthodoxy, the mountainside birthplace of Kim Jong-Il, who inherited power from his father and passed it in turn to his son, current leader Kim Jong-Un. The image of the … Read more
North Korean newlyweds, soldiers and children lined up to laud their country’s rulers on Thursday, the birthday of the late Kim Jong-Il, father of both the current leader and the exiled renegade assassinated in Malaysia this week. A steady stream of celebrants made their way to a hill in the centre of Pyongyang where a … Read more
Less than two days after the assassination of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, small girls in frilly pastel leotards opened an ice skating gala in Pyongyang to honour the late father of both men. The Paektusan Prize International Figure Skating Festival is held every year to celebrate Kim Jong-Il, the leader who oversaw the … Read more