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Letter: How big?

Published 5 December 2012

From John Wu

North Korea, according to Keith Bowers (24 November, p 38), occupies an area around the size of Pennsylvania. Hmm. I could locate North Korea easily on a map, but Pennsylvania?

London, UK

Issue no. 2894 published 8 December 2012

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