Agriculture up but still not enough
May28

Agriculture up but still not enough

By Siqi Tian On the 175 kilometer Reunification Highway from Pyongyang to Kaesong, the bus passes empty fields with the occasional scarecrow. There is no modern farm machinery or equipment, no sign of mechanization at all. A few scrawny cows roam near the road and in the distance small herds of goats pass. Mostly mountainous, only about 18 percent of North Korea’s landmass is arable. And much of that is what the Chinese call cinnamon...

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Food
May28

Food

by Joanna Wong by Joanna Wong Our tour group eats dinner in green-lit BBQ duck restaurant. by Joanna Wong On the flight to Pyongyang, Air Koryo serves a cold hamburger wrapped with lettuce. by Joanna Wong The hotpot dinner includes a dish of bread and cake, a dish of pork and vegetables, an egg and kimchi. by Joanna Wong Kimchi is one of the most popular dishes in Korea, North and South. by Joanna Wong Naengmyeon cold noodle soup is...

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