Arab Socialism was one of the many brands of socialism that appeared in the 20th century. It was, and to an extent, one of the more successful brands of socialism. Almost all of of the republics of the Arab world had some form of Arab Socialism. Even t …

Having left the relative cool of the Kopet Dag mountain range where we’d spend the previous night with a local family in a village, we drove along the one road heading from Ashgabat to the west of Turkmenistan. Little did we know that we’d learn how to …

The Pyongyang Taedonggang Beer Festival was a long time coming, expectations were high and I can gladly report that it did not disappoint! Pyongyang’s relationship with mass produced beer is a very recent one. In 2000, the government acquired the close …

/You’d think that after the fall of the Berlin Wall that walls between countries would have gone out of fashion, but not so much so. Of course the partially finished Trump wall with Mexico was quite the political hot potato. There is kind of a wall bet …

Over the last few weeks the world has gone from the grip of election fever to frankly election fatigue! Yes, it does appear that Biden has beaten Trump, although with both still claiming victory and the courts still to come, who actually knows what wil …

No, this is not a typo. The Peoples Republic of Korea was a short-lived provisional government on the Korean Peninsula. It was also the last unified Korean state. Prelude to the Peoples Republic of Korea On August 15th 1945 Japan was defeated by the al …

Soju vs Sake! Are Soju and Sake the same? And most importantly which is the better drink? We put these East-Asian titans to the test. Soju vs Sake It was not all that long ago that sake was all the rage with the hipster crowd, whilst at the same time a …

Introduction Alongside English, Spanish, and Chinese, the Russian language is one of the most commonly spoken languages on earth. It’s estimated that there are over 258 million Russian speakers around the world. In this article, we’re going to look int …

When people discuss the atrocities committed under communism, there’s one regime that’s uttered with particular revulsion, the Khmer Rouge. Between 1975 and 1979, a mere four years, the savage rule of Pol Pot saw anywhere up to two million dead, possib …