Favorite thing: When we were visiting the Tomb of King Kongmin, this party of school children came marching and chanting down the road and stopped at the foot of the hill where the tomb is located. Notice that the boys are in front of the girls when they are lined up.
Written Sep 7, 2008
Fondest memory: Tasting a bit like lightly fermented shoelaces, it goes down surprisingly nice when it's hot out.
North Koreans will give you a curious look as you walk around with it, but they were giving me curious looks before that anyway...
At least it's cheap.
$1 US for a 640ml bottle. 5%
Written Jul 13, 2008
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Tasting a bit like lightly fermented shoelaces, it goes down surprisingly nice when it's hot out. North Koreans will give you a curious look as you walk...
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On the Far Side of the Kimchee Curtain... Kaesong

Kaesong is a city with some history behind it. The original capital of Koryo (918 A.D. - 1392 A.D.), the capital was then moved to Hanyang, what is now the area of Seoul, after an assassination and...
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Old Cliffie took this photo of the main street in Kaesong – a town with a population of 150000 - in the early afternoon of a normal working day. There was not a lot of traffic. In fact, the traffic......
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Big on history but near big trouble

Kaesong lies right in the south of the country, just a few miles from Panmunjom and the demilitarised zone. We came here down the empty 4-lane Reunification Highway from Pyongyang and stayed overnight...
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Kaesong hosted many military meetings during the Korean Conflict. In so much, neither side wanted to be in jeopardy of getting caught in the cross fire. Therefore even though it is not in the current...
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