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...Korean boyfriend). Cockerell says that up to 50,000 personal cells are rumored to be in use in Pyongyang. There are three models - all Chinese brands - available in local shops and priced roughly between $210 to $280. Locals can use them to arrange meetings at Pyongyang's new and popular fried-chicken restaurant (the colloquial term for fried chicken there is kentucky, and a mixed platter is about $12.50 or the equivalent in euros, which is the preferred foreign currency). At the capital's first dedicated Italian eatery - the Korean chefs were sent by the state to Naples and Rome...
...Restoran Famosa Chicken Rice-Ball The owners of this hugely popular establishment, tel: (60-6) 286 0121, may not have been having the most creative of days when it came to naming it, but the food makes up for that. Housed in adjoining century-old shophouses, it serves the balls of rice with chicken, bean sprouts and soy sauce that are the local specialty, with plenty of other Peranakan dishes besides. Mealtimes are cacophonous, but in a good way. A location just around the corner from the Jalan Hang Jebat shopping street (or Jonker Street, as it's also called...
...democracy. Voting isn’t a once-every-four-years affair; it’s the culmination of a democratic way of life that prioritizes involvement in our government. Only voting in well-publicized elections that generate table chatter indicates that we only vote when it is popular to do so. But elections aren’t like the Olympics or the World Cup, and it’s demeaning to our system of government to treat them on the same level as these events...
...much of Pugh's narrative resonates with a certain segment of this city's electorate. The political newcomer won the primary election last August by more than 10,000 votes, beating the incumbent city council president. "Detroiters are so thirsty for leadership," says Mildred Gaddis, a popular Detroit radio host and one of the most astute observers of the region's politics...
...some respects, Pugh has already made his mark on Detroit. Pugh's rise in this majority-black city moderates some of the popular perception that African Americans are more homophobic than the general U.S. population. On the campaign trail, Pugh rarely discusses what it means to be gay, although some of his critics have made an issue of his sexuality - particularly his unabashed preference for younger men. (Pugh notes that his last partner was a 23-year-old entrepreneur, and says, "No one complains when an older man dates a younger woman...