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4 HOURS IN: PYONGYANG.(The Good Life)(Pyongyang, North Korea)(City overview)(Brief article)

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Byline: Georgi Georgiev

Still stuck in the 1970s, North Korea's capital offers the few allowed to enter a rare opportunity to relive the harshest totalitarian years of Stalin's rule. The currency-hungry government welcomes tourists, but U.S. and South Korean citizens must get a special visa. Every visitor is expected to be with an official guide, translator and chauffeur at all times. But it's worth it for a glimpse of this open-air museum reminiscent of Orwell's "1984."

Ride the deepest metro in the world, 110 meters below ground and decorated with elaborate wall murals depicting the Great Leader Kim Il Sung. The only ...

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