North Korea Lets Journalists Tour Pyongyang, Wrong Turn Grants Glimpse Behind Curtain:
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- The press bus took a wrong turn Thursday. And suddenly, everything changed in the official showcase of North Korean achievement.
A cloud of brown dust swirled down deeply potholed streets, past concrete apartment buildings crumbling at the edges. Old people trudged along the sidewalk, some with handmade backpacks crafted from canvas bags. Two men in wheelchairs waited at a bus stop. There were stores
with no lights, and side roads so battered they were more dirt than pavement.
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PYONGYANG, North Korea -- The press bus took a wrong turn Thursday. And suddenly, everything changed in the official showcase of North Korean achievement.
A cloud of brown dust swirled down deeply potholed streets, past concrete apartment buildings crumbling at the edges. Old people trudged along the sidewalk, some with handmade backpacks crafted from canvas bags. Two men in wheelchairs waited at a bus stop. There were stores
with no lights, and side roads so battered they were more dirt than pavement.
Read More...
More on Video
HERO DYD