In North Korea's Capital, More Abundance Than Expected In Everyday Life
A local version of Spam. Smartphones, or two, for everyone. Amid escalating U.S.-North Korea tensions, former journalist Jean Lee visits Pyongyang and finds that, at least there, life has improved.
by Robert Siegel
May 05, 2017
3 minutes
North Korea now has its own version of Spam in grocery stores. In the capital, Pyongyang, at least, everyone has a smartphone — or two.
These are some of the things journalist Jean Lee didn't see five years ago when she opened the Associated Press bureau in the capital of the impoverished and isolated country.
Now , Lee was invited to travel to North Korea this week to attend a medical conference
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