Why North Korea isn’t coming back to the table just yet
The world tried to isolate Pyongyang through sanctions but that has backfired.
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North Korea’s isolation since the end of the Korean war in 1953 has been a combination of choice and circumstance.
PHOTO: AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s favourite mode of transportation is a heavily armoured olive green locomotive that crawls at 60kmh at its fastest because of its weight.
Known as the Taeyangho, the locomotive is wrapped in bulletproof steel and reinforced glass. Built to shield its passengers from external threats, it is less a train than a moving fortress.
