Once Upon a Time in Pyongyang

Rare images of Korea before the Kims.

BY MARYA HANNUN | APRIL 17, 2013

A man catches fish on a frozen river. Trout soup from the Taedong river is a typical Pyongyang dish, and ice fishing from frozen rivers during Korea's cold winter remains popular today. South Korea even holds an annual ice-fishing festival.

Courtesy of the Maryknoll Mission Archives

 

Marya Hannun is an editorial researcher with Foreign Policy.