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Joseph Sugarman
Joseph Sugarman is a Boston-based reporter for NK News, where he follows trends related to the Korean peninsula and surrounding areas. He can be found on Twitter.
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Evergreen American teacher finds diverse crowd in PyongyangSome students have 'nightmares' after meeting foreigners, but most are just curious Rather than consisting only of poor, starving people, Pyongyang is partly populated by what an American would recognize as “middle class,” an U.S. citizen discovered while spending a semester teaching computer science. These Pyongyang residents can be found practicing yoga, playing squash and using cellphones like one would see in any developed country around the world. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |