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Nov 7, 2009 | Time

Vacationing in Lovely... North Korea?

A nuclear test and the resulting international outcry, the detention of two U.S. journalists for illegal entry, a spat with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , serious food shortages.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Buffalo News

American sees changes in his North Korean hometown

Daniel Chun peers out of the window of the Air Koryo turboprop from China as it touches down outside Pyongyang, his former home.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

North Korean hotel dubbed the 'worst building in the world' may finally be finished

The brazen outline of the Ryugyong Hotel has brooded over Pyongyang for more than two decades.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

NPR

Schoolchildren listen to a lecture by one of the first North Koreans to board the USS Pueblo

North Korea captured the USS Pueblo in 1968. Now, it is moored on the Taedong River in Pyongyang and is the only U.S. naval vessel on active duty in enemy hands.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

NPR

Transcript

Imagine you've just arrived in a new country. You're not allowed to talk to the locals, use local currency or leave the hotel by yourself.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

NPR

Facade Of Perfection Slips Occasionally In N. Korea

In Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, thousands of young performers take part in the Arirang Mass Games, which celebrate the birth of North Korea's founder, Kim Il Sung.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

English Dong-A

NK Leader Considers Return to 6-Way Nuke Talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will consider North Korea's return to the six-way nuclear talks after seeing the results of bilateral dialogue with the U.S., North Korean media said yesterday.

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Tue Oct 06, 2009

World News from Times Online

Extravagant monuments cannot hide the grim reality of North Korea

As the last fortress of 20th-century totalitarianism, Pyongyang has seen many extravagant firework displays, but nothing as spectacular as the one that illuminated the heavens this spring.

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Mon Sep 07, 2009

China Daily

North Korea's "Hotel of Doom" gets a face lift

A towering North Korean hotel which Esquire magazine once dubbed "the worst building in the history of mankind" has come back to life with a facade of shiny glass windows affixed to one side of the concrete monolith.

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Sun Sep 06, 2009

Globe and Mail

Day 3 diary: What to do with a stuffed Nicaraguan crocodile

Day 3 diary: What to do with a stuffed Nicaraguan crocodile North Koreans visit the International Friendship Exhibition and Pohyun Temple in northern North Korea.

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Sat Sep 05, 2009

The Nation

N Korea's 'Hotel of Doom' gets a face-lift

A towering North Korean hotel which Esquire magazine once dubbed 'the worst building in the history of mankind' has come back to life with a facade of shiny glass windows affixed to one side of the concrete monolith.

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Tue Aug 04, 2009

People's Daily

Clinton in Pyongyang for detained journalists

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , on Tuesday.

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Sat Aug 01, 2009

English Dong-A

NK to Hold Arirang Mass Games From Aug. 10

North Korea will hold the Arirang Mass Games, the world's biggest mass performance.

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Fri Jul 10, 2009

Gadling

Amazing North Korea trip deal: Arirang for $1,000

Koryo Tours is offering the least expensive North Korea travel deal I've ever seen.

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