“Among the elite in Pyongyang, one of the most coveted signifiers of status is an electric rice cooker.” — Blaine Harden Copy Share Image
“The green spaces in Pyongyang were immense and many in number, but not as immense as the monuments.” — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Pyongyang possesses thousands of artillery pieces 30 miles from Seoul. Just one retaliatory salvo could decimate South Korea's capital. — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
The accession to power in Pyongyang of Kim Jong Un, son of Kim Jong Il and grandson of Kim Il Sung, is… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Hyesan people have money, the most after those in Pyongyang, because it's near the border with China. Illegal smuggling businesses and Chinese… — Lee Hyeon-seo Copy Share Image
“Those grotesque displays of schoolgirls—automata wheeled out in Pyongyang to celebrate the birthday of the Dear Leader or some other such dismal… — Masaji Ishikawa Copy Share Image
In the city of Pyongyang, you don't have to look very far to see an image of the Great Leader, Kim Il… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I'll always be on the move for peace in the Korean peninsula. If necessary, I will fly straight to Washington. I will… — Moon Jae-in Copy Share Image
“She was a manager at Department Store Number One in Pyongyang, which was regularly featured on the television news, showing shelves laden… — Hyeonseo Lee Copy Share Image
I brought Muhammad Ali to North Korea in 1995. I tried that once. It didn't work out quite that well for me… — Eric Bischoff Copy Share Image
My one concern is that Hu Jintao may overestimate how much power China has in Pyongyang. They have - they do have… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“Pyongyang dismissed the report as baseless. The officially-sanctioned itinerary consisted mostly of newly built projects, testament to a recent jump in construction… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“European who served for many years as a diplomat in Pyongyang, with postings there off and on from the 1970s into the… — Bradley K. Martin Copy Share Image
“North Korea is a famine state. In the fields, you can see people picking up loose grains of rice and kernels of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“I was hungry when I left Pyongyang. I wasn't hungry just for a bookshop that sold books that weren't about Fat Man… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Playing pool with Korean officials one evening in the Koryo Hotel, which has become the nightspot for foreign businessmen and an increasing… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Even in former days, Korea was known as the 'hermit kingdom' for its stubborn resistance to outsiders. And if you wanted to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“The North Korean capital, Pyongyang, is a city consecrated to the worship of a father-son dynasty. (I came to think of them,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Sooner or later, all talk among foreigners in Pyongyang turns to one imponderable subject. Do the locals really believe what they are… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
