One of the highlights of a recent visit to the Rason Free Trade Zone of the DPRK (in the far north, on the border with both Russia and China) our adventurous tour group who had travelled to this area from Pyongyang by local train (a tourism first! We will be offering this again in the near future) was invited to be the first visitors to the Rason Soft Drinks Factory – naturally we jumped at the chance.
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One of the highlights of a recent visit to the Rason Free Trade Zone of the DPRK (in the far north, on the border with both Russia and China) our adventurous tour group who had travelled to this area from Pyongyang by local train (a tourism first! We will be offering this again in the near future) was invited to be the first visitors to the Rason Soft Drinks Factory – naturally we jumped at the chance.
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