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Artisan coffee comes to North Korea

Curious coffee lovers now have a reason to visit North Korea. Pyongyang is home to a hip new coffeeshop serving “third wave” coffee — a buzzword that marks a recent generation of specialty and artisanal brews.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 23, 2013

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Will a Korean conflict go nuclear?

SEOUL, South Korea — Well, we don’t really know the answer. Last time there was a Korean War from 1950 to 1953, some historians say it nearly did go nuclear — although there’s disagreement over the extent President Harry Truman was willing to consider the Bomb based on vague public statements.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 11, 2013

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Kim Jong Un, the Nigerian

SEOUL, South Korea — Today is April 10, the date of the fake apocalyptic ultimatum that North Korea gave to foreign embassies in Pyongyang and expatriates in South Korea. The regime essentially advised them to pack up and leave, or else they can’t be protected regardless of whatever happens after today.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 10, 2013

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The comic books that brainwash North Koreans

SEOUL, South Korea — Heinz Insu Fenkl, a literature professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, has cracked one secret to understanding the bizarre regime of North Korea: by reading its comic books.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Oct 25, 2010

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