A UK website has posted photos allegedly taken inside North Korea. But these aren’t of nuclear reactors or an ailing Kim Jong-il. They’re of something much more important: An arcade. Pyongyang Arcade I don’t know anything about the games, except they’re apparently ‘vintage’ (meaning really, really old). I’m just struck by how utterly… joyless the place looks. I wonder what [...]

Here’s something you don’t see every day: a beer commercial from North Korea! Pride of Pyongyang! The comments from people who have actually tried the beer are mostly positive, although I am a little puzzled to learn (or maybe I shouldn’t be puzzles at all) that: Generally, draught Taedonggang was not sold to foreigners. After watching the commercial though (written, [...]