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Letter: Northern delights

Published 1 August 2012

From Victor Meyer-Rochow

You mention North Korea’s capital Pyongyang as a “drab and featureless” city for lacking billboards, neon signs and shopfronts (19 May, p 3). But I lived and worked there for a few months, and found it surprisingly beautiful and clean, with lots of parks, viewpoints, attractive buildings, recreation spots and fantastic subway stations.

Bremen, Germany

Issue no. 2876 published 4 August 2012

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