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A man pushes his bicycle through a deserted film set at the Korean Feature Film Studio just outside the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

It ain't Hollywood, but North Korean cinema only has room for one star

* * * PYONGYANG, April 4, 2005 - In North Korea's version of Hollywood, there is only room for on...

Korea, N AFP/Karl Malakunas

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The Joy of Samgyetang

A tonic for the health in both warm and cold weather and a mental stimulant, this amazing dish is...

Korea, N / Korea, S Joshua Samuel Brown

'The Way Home' Korean Recipes & Photos

This Korean menu designed to accompany the film 'The Way Home' includes: Kujolp'an Appetizer Plat...

Korea, N Celeste Heiter

12,001 Miracles At North Korea's Mount Kumgang

Can the sound of a temple bell call forth a mountain range? It would seem unlikely. But in the ca...

Korea, N Graham Simmons

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Cambodia's bizarre North Korean restaurant drawing crowds

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Dec 7, 2003 - A North Korean restaurant in this western Cambodian town, bett...

Cambodia / Korea, N AFP/Philippe Schwab

'Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring' Korean Recipes & Photos

This Korean menu features a tasty assortment of traditional condiments as well as two styles of d...

Korea, N Celeste Heiter

Shaken... Not Stir Fried: 007 Does Asia

You Only Live Twice: Bond prevents SPECTRE from starting a war between the U.S. and Russia... Oct...

Japan / China / Korea, N Will Raus

South Korean Marines patrol along the seashore in Baekryong island, about 220 km west and north of mainland South Korea and 12 km southwest of North Korean territory.

Yellow Sea island caught in Cold War tides

It takes five hours steaming on a down-at-heel passenger ferry from the port city of Inchon to re...

Korea, N AFP/Charles Whelan

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