We've been busy packing in workshops since the end of the Ebola policy, running our Women in Business and Tech Entrepreneurship programs, as well as our Provincial Development Program. This has delayed publication of our annual report for 2014 slightly, but it is now available for your enjoyment here.
A New Bottled Beer in DPRK
We're always pleased to find the availability and selection of our favorite beverages - coffee and beer - increasing in the DPRK. Sorry, did I say "always"? Because this new offering from the Rajin Beverage Company, "Triangle Beer" tasted like peanut shells and gasoline. It was probably the worst commercially produced bottle of beer I've ever had.
A Taxonomy of Yanji's Culinary Curiosities
Here is one place to visit and three to skip next time you're in Yanji. Yanji, most travelers' gateway to Rason, in North Korea's far Northeast, is strange city. What other fourth tier Chinese city of less than 1 million people (equivalent to a 'city' of 50,000, if scaled to US relative importance) has its own international airport, world-class coffeeshops and at least 3 craft beer bars? Answer: none, probably.
North Korea Pavilion at World Expo Milan
Want to see the North Korean pavilion at the World Expo, but don’t want to make the trip to Milan? Here’s Choson Exchange’s review for you. North Korea’s flag flies prominently in the heart of Milan on a street paraded with the flags of participating countries. Depending on your point of view, its either the first flag on the street, or the very last.