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The Yalu river bridge which terminates on the North Korean side
See the friendly Chinese all staring and waving as we pass.
Taking the Night Train to Pyongyang
September 3rd 2009 “You are going where?!?!”, my friend would exclaim. “North Korea,” I would calmly reply, with a nonchalance likened to asking a flight attendant for another orange juice. “Don’t you mean South Korea?” would come the inevitable response. “No, I mean North Korea: missile tests, captured US journalists...” and the answer would always be, “Ah…you mean the dangerous one,” wit
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An independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium, Korea was occupied by Japan in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War; five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. Following World War II, Korea was sp... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
