Welcome to Cambodia's Angkor museum, created by a North Korean art factory

Siem Reap, Cambodia

THE giant mural in the foyer depicting a smiling stone face offers a mere taste of the grandiosity within the new Angkor Panorama Museum here. Inside, a 360-degree painted vista covers an area the size of nearly four basketball courts. Over 45,000 figures populate this cyclorama, a depiction of 12th century Angkorian history.

The museum, which opened in December, is a sweeping…