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North Korea on Google Earth
North Korea Uncovered: Version 12 Download it here About this Project: This map covers North Korea’s agriculture, aviation, cultural locations, markets, manufacturing facilities, energy infrastructure,...
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North Korea Releases New Paintings Of Healthy Kim Jong Il
The Onion made me laugh with this one… Quoting from the article: “As anyone can see from these new murals, our Dear Leader is the very picture of health,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lee Myong...
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North Korea Google Earth
North Korea Uncovered v.16 Download it here The most recent version of North Korea Uncovered (North Korea Google Earth) has been published. Since being launched, this project has been continuously...
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North Korea on Google Earth v.18
North Korea Uncovered version 18 is available. This Google Earth overlay maps North Korea’s agriculture, aviation, cultural locations, markets, manufacturing facilities, railroad, energy...
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DPRK seeks to repay debt in ginseng
UPDATE: This story was picked up by the Financial Times (8/11/2010): North Korea has offered the Czech Republic 20 tonnes of ginseng in lieu of payment for some of its debts. However, Prague has turned...
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Friday Grab Bag
North Korean market footage Kim Song Min (김성민), founder of Free North Korea Radio, has posted some video footage of a North Korean market. You might be able to see it here, but I make no promises. It...
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PRC claims to have helped build Pyongyang Metro
According to the Choson Ilbo: China said that North Korea has been at the forefront of its international foreign aid efforts which it has been carrying out for the past 60 years. Speaking at a press...
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Pyongyang Metro Maps
On the Koryo Tours Facebook Page, a customer posted two pictures he had taken of maps of the Pyongyang Metro. One of the pictures was taken in May 2007 and the other in August 2011: Pictured above:...
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Mangyongdae Metro Station concept
Back in March I wrote a blog post about how the official Pyongyang Metro maps had been updated to reflect the reality of closed stations and stations that would never come to be. You can read all the...
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The political economy of Pyongyang’s new subway cars
By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein The upgrades of Pyongyang seem to continue with no signs of slowing down. Kim Jong-un has made Pyongyang’s massive facelift into one of the hallmarks of his tenure. Not...
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