BBC World Service Report: Andy Kershaw in N orth Korea

World Music presenter Andy Kershaw presented a two-part series based on a recent visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). As Phil Ochs once said on an album sleeve when he reprinted the poems of Mao Zedong: "Is this the enemy?"
The programmes can be heard on the Internet, but BBC don't keep back programmes on the web for very long so if you're interested, then I suggest you click on these RealAudio links as soon as you can.

Part One

Part Two
Slideshow of pictures
Details of tours of North Korea
Some of the music is (ironically) rfather Westernised kitsch, but there are some wonderful extracts. Definitely worth hearing!
KARL DALLAS