North Korea's Glossy New Surface: Apps, Beaches and a Fake StarbucksVideos taken by visitors to the isolated country provide a rare glimpse of how it's mimicking the consumerism of the outside world.
Source: North Korea's Glossy New Surface: Apps, Beaches and a Fake Starbucks (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/world/asia/north-korea-foreign-tourism.html)