Idol worship: Visitors paying their respects at the statue of Il-sung in Pyongyang.
KUALA LUMPUR: When I had a rare chance to visit North Korea about 10 years ago, it felt like entering a drab and bland country.
Nearly all the things I saw – be it the clothes the North Koreans wore, or the buildings there – were either in shades of blue, black, white and grey only.
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