Tom Johansmeyer on June 1st, 2010

I guess cigar smokers everywhere are struggling with smoking bans and other limitations. While those of us in the United States lament increased cigar taxes and constraints on where we can puff, lovers of the leaf in North Korea are coping with their own social pressures. Korea Central News Agency, the country’s official “news” outlet, [...]

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Tom Johansmeyer on May 7th, 2010

Are you a fan of all things Cuban, not just the cigars? Well, then a trip to Pyongyang is in order! According to the Korea Central News Agency, North Korea’s official news service, a fine art exhibition was held at the Cuban embassy in the capital of the world’s last truly closed society. The reason [...]

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