Winter Returns to Pyongyang with More Bite than Last Year

A cold snap in the North Korean capital has residents ice fishing on the Taedong River. The whole country was colder than minus 10 C (14 F) on Tuesday, and the North's official weather forecaster predicted that Pyongyang would sink to minus 16 C (3 F) on Wednesday.   "This kind of cold can come once or twice a year,'' said Ri Yong Nam of the State Hydro-Meteorological Agency. "It seems that the 'Taehan' has not forgotten and now it's...

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