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Silent pall hangs over North Korea's ski resort
Luxurious Masikryong resort boasts a wood-panelled reception and groomed pistes that snake down wooded hillsides, but the runs are empty
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Wed, Apr 26, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Masikryong, North Korea
ON THE ski fields of Mount Taehwa, groomed pistes snake down wooded hillsides to a luxurious hotel and a giant screen showing a North Korean army choir. But the runs are empty.
Work began on Masikryong ski resort, the only one in the North and the brainchild of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, after Pyeongchang in the neighbouring South was awarded the 2018 winter Olympics.
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