Decorated trees, red and green lights, and holiday music are commanding symbols that remind people ... The uniqueness of Christmas in Korea today comes from the government's recognition of this ...

Last year, North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un banned Christmas in 2016 and, in 2017, he prohibited gatherings that involved alcohol and singing, according to South Korea's National ...

That's an order. Somewhere, we knew, there was a real Christmas, but not there, not that year. South Korea has been transformed now. It's a high-tech Asian capital. Uijongbu is almost as big as ...