North Korea - Obama Presidency Oral History Back North Korea Index / Locations Transcripts James Clapper ...we needed a similar arrangement in Pyongyang [North Korea]. We'd have an interes... ...And then to actually get to travel to Pyongyang and engage with some senior Nort... ...the siege mentality that prevails in Pyongyang . I was kind of overwhelmed by that... ...was it like on a personal level seeing Pyongyang after being a student of the peninsula... ...as you put it, for so long? Well, Pyongyang is a showplace. To the extent tha... ...modern things, buildings, etc., it's in Pyongyang . I remember landing at [Pyongyang... ...in Pyongyang. I remember landing at [ Pyongyang ] Sunan [International Airport], whic... ...which is the airport that services Pyongyang . They were repaving some taxiways. S... ...most of the country is. I know Pyongyang is, at least the parts I saw, i... ...are not very many vehicles even in Pyongyang . I used to say, well, whatever bizarr... Show more... Robert Gates ...to Moscow and Beijing and Tehran and Pyongyang . It's hard to—there were issues wher... Jefferey DeLaurentis ...to deal with that. The leadership in Pyongyang was misbehaving, I would say, badl... Mark Lippert ...Ambassador [Stephen W.] Bosworth was in Pyongyang actively getting a deal. Second, th... Jerome Sauvage ...of the North Koreans' institutions—in Pyongyang , it was out of the question. No donor... ...I mean, I saw luxury washers on sale in Pyongyang . The elite with cash do hav... ...yeah. Great. Then, you went from Pyongyang to Washington, DC. That must have bee... Gary Pruitt ...We have a bureau in Havana and Tehran, Pyongyang , North Korea. AP had a bureau i... ...on his desk at the British embassy in Pyongyang , and one of the North Korean employee... ...in one twelve-month period, I went to Pyongyang , North Korea, and Hanoi, Moscow... ...but I did get out and walk around. Pyongyang , they try to make a showcase for th... Jacob Lew ...Cuban people were poor. The people of North Korea are more poor. The people of Iran wer... Related Topics go to the Russia Russia go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Democrats Democrats