The Korean countryside
Only recently have tourists been allowed to take photos out of the bus window. These are photos on the Reunification Highway between Pyongyang and on the Chongsan-ri Co-operative farm just outside of Pyongyang. by Viola Zhou Children play at a school on the Chongsan-ri Cooperative Farm. by Crystal Tse Greenhouses on the Chongsan-ri Cooperative Farm are open to tourist visits. by Alice Wan A North Korean walks with goats outside...
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...
