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North Korea’s Glossy New Surface: Apps, Beaches and a Fake Starbucks

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025Jiawei Wang and Choe Sang-HunComments Off on North Korea’s Glossy New Surface: Apps, Beaches and a Fake Starbucks
Videos taken by visitors to the isolated country provide a rare glimpse of how it’s mimicking the consumerism of the outside world.
Tagged Embargoes and Sanctions, North Korea, Travel and Vacations, vis-video
Jiawei Wang and Choe Sang-Hun
https://www.nytimes.com/section/world

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