Pyongyang Cafe: Kim Jong Un's modest ally in Spain
Founder Cao de Benos says it is the only such set-up in the West
Tarragona, Spain
NORTH Korea may be isolated in the international community but it now has a modest ally on the Spanish coast - the Pyongyang Cafe, a small bar founded to support Kim Jong Un's strongman rule.
Located in the Mediterranean city of Tarragona where Roman ruins vie for attention, the establishment sports a huge North Korean flag behind the bar, where tea typically from the country and Asian beers are served.
Socialist propaganda posters brought all the way from Pyongyang adorn the walls of the modern bar, and in a corner stands a bookshelf full of works by leaders of th…
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