Pyongyang, North Korea - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Pyongyang, 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... Related Topics go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice