SAN FRANCISCO — The planting season continues in North Korea and stories on rice, hay and potatoes were found on most nights during the main evening news. There was also coverage of the spring trade expo, a Japanese visitor and German algae …

Trade Exhibition Takes Place

The Pyongyang International Trade Fair took place and got two reports on the state TV evening news including, on Wednesday, a subtitled interview in English with a visiting businessman from Germany. Here’s what he said:

“I see less participants than in the years before. There is still a tremendous amount of visitors coming