Inside North Korea - the human dimension

While visiting an ancient royal palace in Kaesong, north of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, I was chatting to a pleasant young woman in uniform, who was my guide.

For a few minutes, my government 'minder' was out of earshot, and the woman leaned forward, and asked: "Do you know this?" She then sweetly hummed 'Silent Night' in a low voic…