D Magazine

The Flame Still Burns at the Reborn Koryo Korean BBQ

Updating a landmark is a delicate task. You’ve got to preserve the tradition but offer something new. You want to please longtime fans but welcome first-timers. A lot can go wrong. Things were ...
Los Angeles Times

North Korea’s Air Koryo named the worst airline in the world again

For the fourth year in a row, North Korea’s Air Koryo has claimed the dubious honor of being ranked the worst carrier in the world. But Air Koryo may not be that bad, according to online reviews. The ...
Wired

All Aboard Air Koryo, North Korea’s Fleet of Ancient Soviet Planes

North Korea possesses the technological wherewithal to develop a nuclear bomb, launch devastating cyberattacks, and even hurl rockets toward its enemies. Yet it can't manage to put together an airline ...
Business Insider

The World's 'Worst Airline' In North Korea Actually Isn't Half Bad

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Los Angeles Times

North Korea on a bun: What the legendary Koryo Burger tells us about the isolated nation, and ourselves

Reporting from PYONGYANG, North Korea — On Air Koryo, North Korea’s state airline, flight attendants are known to serve one thing, and one thing only: a burger as mysterious as the secretive country ...
Couriermail

This is the Koryo Burger, the only food item served on North Korea’s state airline

The Koryo Burger is always served stone cold — straight from the fridge — on a paper doily with an unidenfitied slice of processed meat in the middle. The bun is stale, there’s a slice of processed ...
Kyodo News on MSN

N. Koreans head to cinema as nation holds 1st int'l film festival in 6 yrs

North Korea is holding its international film festival for the first time in six years following a hiatus due to COVID-19, ...
Hosted on MSN

Koryo Museum in Kyoto: 'A quiet home for Korean heritage in the heart of Japan'

KYOTO, Japan, May 20 (Yonhap) -- Nestled in a quiet residential neighborhood in northern Kyoto, a short drive from Kyoto Station, lies a place that draws steady streams of visitors: the Koryo Museum.
USA Today

Is North Korea's Air Koryo the world's worst airline? It may be the quirkiest

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — If an Air Koryo passenger ignores its no-photography rule, a flight attendant might take the camera and delete the pictures herself. Crumpling up a newspaper bearing the ...
The Daily Telegraph

North Korea's Air Koryo: My flight on the world's worst airline

Air Koryo, the flag carrier of North Korea, has once again been named the world’s worst airline, being the only carrier to receive a one-star ranking. Skytrax, a UK-based airline and airport ...
Business Insider

North Korea's Air Koryo Is The Worst Airline In The World

There's only one airline in the world that has been deemed horrible enough to earn a dismal 1-star rating from leading airline reviewer SkyTrax. It's North Korea's state-owned airline: Air Koryo. It ...