Los Angeles Times

North Korea’s Air Koryo named the worst airline in the world again

For the fourth year in a row, North Korea’s Air Koryo has claimed the dubious honor of being ranked the worst carrier in the world. But Air Koryo may not be that bad, according to online reviews. The ...
D Magazine

The Flame Still Burns at the Reborn Koryo Korean BBQ

Updating a landmark is a delicate task. You’ve got to preserve the tradition but offer something new. You want to please longtime fans but welcome first-timers. A lot can go wrong. Things were ...
Business Insider

The World's 'Worst Airline' In North Korea Actually Isn't Half Bad

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Wired

All Aboard Air Koryo, North Korea’s Fleet of Ancient Soviet Planes

North Korea possesses the technological wherewithal to develop a nuclear bomb, launch devastating cyberattacks, and even hurl rockets toward its enemies. Yet it can't manage to put together an airline ...
Couriermail

This is the Koryo Burger, the only food item served on North Korea’s state airline

The Koryo Burger is always served stone cold — straight from the fridge — on a paper doily with an unidenfitied slice of processed meat in the middle. The bun is stale, there’s a slice of processed ...
Los Angeles Times

North Korea on a bun: What the legendary Koryo Burger tells us about the isolated nation, and ourselves

Reporting from PYONGYANG, North Korea — On Air Koryo, North Korea’s state airline, flight attendants are known to serve one thing, and one thing only: a burger as mysterious as the secretive country ...
The Korea Times

Learning something new about 'Koryo Saram'

Chuseok is a time to reconnect. And so, I did. I’ve reached out to a few academics to expand my research on international affairs and some interesting phenomena currently taking place in Central Asia.
朝日新聞社

Hiroshima team accused of abuse leaves Koshien baseball tourney

Koryo won its first-round game over Asahikawa Shiho High School, representing northern Hokkaido, on Aug. 7. In March, the Japan High School Baseball Federation issued a stern warning to Koryo over an ...
USA Today

Is North Korea's Air Koryo the world's worst airline? It may be the quirkiest

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — If an Air Koryo passenger ignores its no-photography rule, a flight attendant might take the camera and delete the pictures herself. Crumpling up a newspaper bearing the ...
Daily Mail

North Korea’s Air Koryo is ‘the world's worst airline for four years running'

It is known for its lax approach to seating, odd choice of in-flight entertainment and food which is all but inedible. But this week Air Koryo, North Korea’s national airline, added another claim to ...
Business Insider

North Korea's Air Koryo Is The Worst Airline In The World

There's only one airline in the world that has been deemed horrible enough to earn a dismal 1-star rating from leading airline reviewer SkyTrax. It's North Korea's state-owned airline: Air Koryo. It ...