Take Me to Your Dear Leader
Last spring, when North Korea's Kim Jong Il announced plans to allow a handful of U.S. outfitters and their clients into the Hermit Kingdom for the first time in 50 years, observers weren't sure what...
View ArticleDid North Korea Kidnap an American Hiker?
In the Northern reaches of China’s Yunnan province, just before the rolling hills and deep, river-carved ravines of the Yungui Plateau give way to cascading sheets of limestone and spectacular karst,...
View ArticleWelcome to North Korea's First Surf Camp
Pro surfer Nik Zanella has spent much of his life charting little-surfed coastlines in places like Tunisia, Greece, Kenya, and his native Italy. Over the past seven years he’s mapped China’s entire...
View ArticleMissing Utah Hiker Is Reportedly Tutoring Kim Jong-Un
A Utah man who disappeared while hiking through western China in 2004 may have been located in North Korea, and is said to be tutoring the country’s leader, Kim Jong-Un, in English, according to an...
View ArticleNorth Korean Nuclear Tests Close Chinese Ski Area
China announced an indefinite closure of the country’s only cat-access ski resort due to earthquakes that were caused by a series of underground nuclear tests conducted by North Korea. Changbaishan Ski...
View ArticleTourists Are Surfing North Korea—But at What Cost?
On a warm summer day in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the totalitarian dictatorship better known as North Korea, turquoise water rolls lazily toward a pristine beach, where surfers are...
View ArticleMountain Biking in North Korea
Photo Gallery: Mountain Biking in North Korea Schumann and Philipp ride from the summit of the 9002 ft high dormant volcano of Mount Paektu. Located in the far North-East corner of North Korea, Paektu...
View Article'Running in North Korea' Enters the Pyongyang Marathon
On April 12, 2019, about 50,000 people dressed in dark jackets packed Kim Il-sung Stadium in North Korea’s capital for the Pyongyang Marathon. The sea of spectators clapped with short wooden planks in...
View ArticleJessica Nabongo's Lessons from Visiting Every Country
When her Kenya Airways flight touched down on Mahé Island in the Seychelles on October 6, Jessica Nabongo said it finally hit her. “I’m done,” said the 35-year-old. “I’ve been to every country in the...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Is Just the Latest Crisis in Olympic History
Last month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government announced that the 2020 Tokyo Games would be postponed until July 23, 2021, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It’s...
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