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Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).
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News Popular American exercise app suspends user’s account over North Korea hikeDespite restoring account, Strava says it cannot offer service inside country due to US sanctions on DPRK A popular American exercise app banned a North Korea tour guide’s account after she shared a hike she went on in the country last month, an experience that may serve as a cautionary tale for foreign runners looking to compete in the upcoming Pyongyang marathon. Koryo Tours guide Zoe Stephens told NK News she used the California-based app Strava to record a five-kilometer hike in the North Korean border city of Rason, where she was leading a tour group during a brief reopening to foreign visitors in March. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |