North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has taken the rare step of criticizing a domestic institution. The target of his ire? A Pyongyang amusement park. During a visit to the Mangyongdae “Funfair,” Kim took a moment to portray himself as a man of the people by expressing his disappointment at the park’s…
Something that slipped under the radar: The American Association for the Advancement of Science and Beijing’s Environmental Education Media Project organized an unusual gathering of North Korean and international scientists in Pyongyang March 6-12 to discuss an urgent priority: forest and…
The near total absence of people in the Demilitarized Zone for the last 50-plus years has turned it into a thriving wildlife and nature preserve. Now the South Korean government is planning to open some of the land immediately south of the DMZ to hikers, AFP reports. Park Mee-Ja of the…
