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Are North Korea’s Reform Bottles Half-Empty?

Are North Korea’s Reform Bottles Half-Empty?

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Jan 05, 2007
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In the basement entertainment center of the luxurious Yanggakdo Hotel in Pyongyang, there is a bowling alley and a cocktail bar. A row of expensive liquor bottles stand reserved for their owners, their amber contents glowing in the light just as one would find in affluent Seoul or Tokyo.

But this is austere North Korea and the barkeeper, like nearly ever…

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