5 articles tagged with north korea
Standing at the border between North Korea and China, Mount Paektu (Baekdu in South Korea) represents one of Asia's most formidable and least-accessible adventure destinations. As someone who has navigated the complex financial markets of Tokyo and São Paulo, I...
The metro station walls gleamed with polished marble as our train pulled into Puhŭng Station, adorned with chandeliers that would look at home in a European palace. This wasn't Paris or Moscow, but Pyongyang—North Korea's showcase capital and perhaps the...
Standing at the gateway to Kaesong's ancient walled city, I couldn't help but feel like I was stepping onto a playing field few Westerners ever access. After coordinating athletic exchanges across Asia for years, North Korea remained my final frontier...
Let me shoot straight with you – getting to Pyongyang isn't like rolling into any other capital city. After two decades hauling freight across America and five years exploring Asia's most controlled corners, I can tell you North Korea's capital...
There's something eerily captivating about rolling into Pyongyang, a city that exists in its own carefully orchestrated reality. After two decades of hauling freight across the sunburnt Australian outback, I thought I'd seen places that time forgot – but nothing...