Songdowon Hotel Introduction Wonsan, the provincial capital of Kangwon province, is located on North Korea’s east coast. The Songdowon Hotel is arguably Wonsan’s most iconic hotel and is located right on the bustling harbour front, with the newer Tongmyong Hotel next door, and just across the road the Wonsan Seafood Restaurant. Designated a ‘second class hotel’ it […]

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Introduction The Pyongyang Foreign Language bookshop is where to buy the widest range of books written in North Korea. All materials are published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House of the DPRK and translated from Korean into various languages such as English, Chinese, Russian, German, Spanish, French and Japanese. The reading materials available for purchase […]

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Introduction For many people visiting North Korea for the first time, their first taste of the country comes from the refreshment carts wheeled out at Sinuiju station after completing customs and immigration. As well as the ubiquitous Taedonggang beer for those craving a less alcoholic form of refreshment the top choice is Kangso Yaksu, a […]

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Introduction Located outside Nampo, a coastal town and seaside resort to the south of Pyongyang, the Tae’ an Friendship Glass Factory was opened on October 9th, 2005 by Comrade Kim Jong-Il, and is a modern factory in the socialist-style. The ‘friendship’ in the factory’s name refers to cooperation from Chinese backers when construction began in […]

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A staple of any tour of Pyongyang is the Korean War Museum, known to locals as ‘The Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum’, (조국해방전쟁승리기념관) and in actuality dealing both with the Korean war that divided Korea into North and South, but also its liberation from the Japanese during World War II. History of the War Museum […]

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With my breath hanging in the December air, and the sun still clambering up out of the sooty haze, Rowan and I set out from YPT’s Beijing HQ for the all too familiar Zhong Gu Hotel near Beijing Railway Station. While this was the fourth time to be heading in to meet with a group […]

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I confidently say that my choice to spend my summer vacation in Pyongyang studying in North Korea has changed my life. I had the chance to take part in YPT Pyongyang Study Tour. It happened at one of Korea’s top university, Kim Hyong Jik Teacher Training University, This was a golden opportunity to not only […]

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