North Korea bans Western words like 'hamburger', 'ice cream', and 'karaoke' to reinforce socialist ideology, and pushes North Korean vocabulary in tourism, amid crackdown on Western media and culture.

North Korea is providing intensive training to tour guides scheduled to work in Wonsan and other tourist destinations across ...

Kim Jong Un's government in North Korea has banned the term 'ice cream'. The government replaced it with state-approved terms ...

North Korea has banned the term ‘ice cream,’ replacing it with eseukimo, as part of Kim Jong Un’s campaign to purge foreign words and tighten cultural control. Other anglicised words include hamburger ...