Posts Tagged With: Pyongyang

Picture of the Day: Downtown Pyongyang In 1930

» by GI Korea October 31st, 2011 at 1:10 pm » Comments (19)

Via Kernbeisser. In my opinion Pyongyang actually looks like a nicer place to live in 1930 than it does today. more »

Picture of the Day: Shopping In Pyongyang

» by GI Korea July 20th, 2011 at 12:53 pm » Comments (16)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="ook at goods at an exhibition at a Pyongyang department store on July 19. (KCNA-Yonhap)"][/caption] more »

Picture of the Day: Birthday Time In Pyongyang

» by GI Korea April 12th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="April 12, SEOUL, South Korea -- A group of youth attends an event to mark the birthday of the late founder of North Korea, Kim Il-sung, ...more »

Picture of the Day: Glass On Pyongyang’s Ryugong Hotel

» by GI Korea May 19th, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (18)

You can see more updated imagery from Google Earth posted over at NK Econ Watch. more »

Picture of the Day: The Pyongyang Traffic Girls

» by GI Korea March 1st, 2010 at 1:00 pm » Comments (0)

The Roger Ebert's blog on the Chicago Sun-Times site has a number of pictures and video of everyone's favorite Pyongyang Traffic Girls. more »

Report: Journalists Euna Lee & Laura Ling to Be Sent to Pyongsong Special Camp

» by GI Korea June 10th, 2009 at 9:24 am » Comments (11)

The Choson Ilbo is reporting that the two detained US reporters in North Korea will likely be sent to the Pyongsong Special Camp near Pyongyang: Two American journalists who were sentenced ...more »

Picture of the Day: Ryugyong Hotel Development Update

» by GI Korea March 4th, 2009 at 1:19 pm » Comments (1)

This recent picture from NK Econ Watch, of Pyongyang's Ryugyong Hotel shows how much work at least on the outside of the hotel has been completed. more »

North Korea Human Rights Videos – Brief Note

» by USinKorea November 24th, 2008 at 6:28 am » Comments (0)

Working on my sites and blogs, I finally got around to fixing the problems with this main video page and the webring associate with it. The problem occurred when YouTube terminated ...more »

ROK Drop Book Review: The Reluctant Communist

» by USinKorea July 10th, 2008 at 10:18 am » Comments (12)

[For those totally unfamiliar with this book --- it is about Robert Jenkins - an American soldier stationed in South Korea in 1965 who defected to North Korea. ...more »