North Korean Orphanage
We visited an orphanage when I was in North Korea. We had been told beforehand we would be visiting and brought along pencils and pens as presents for the children. The orphanage that is shown to foreigners is presumably a …
Choosing To Believe
Many North Koreans believe the stories about their leaders – that Kim Il Sung was solely responsible for saving them from the Japanese (the American bombings had nothing to do with it) and that miracles such as a double rainbow …
We Like Lists Because We Don’t Want To Die
I knew there must be a reason I’m obsessed with making lists. In an interview with Umberto Eco from 2009, he talks about lists and their place in history: Eco: The list is the origin of culture. It’s part of …