Los Angeles Times

North Korea’s Air Koryo named the worst airline in the world again

For the fourth year in a row, North Korea’s Air Koryo has claimed the dubious honor of being ranked the worst carrier in the world. But Air Koryo may not be that bad, according to online reviews. The ...
Wired

All Aboard Air Koryo, North Korea’s Fleet of Ancient Soviet Planes

North Korea possesses the technological wherewithal to develop a nuclear bomb, launch devastating cyberattacks, and even hurl rockets toward its enemies. Yet it can't manage to put together an airline ...
Business Insider

The World's 'Worst Airline' In North Korea Actually Isn't Half Bad

Air Koryo, the state-owned airline run by the North Korean government, has regularly been called the "world's worst airline." The airline is the only one in the world to have a "one star" rating on ...
Business Insider

What It's Like To Fly On North Korea's 1-Star Airline

Not many Westerners get to visit North Korea, and it's a good bet most don't realize the secluded country has its own airline. The airline, Air Koryo, is the only airline in the world deemed bad ...
Couriermail

This is the Koryo Burger, the only food item served on North Korea’s state airline

The Koryo Burger is always served stone cold — straight from the fridge — on a paper doily with an unidenfitied slice of processed meat in the middle. The bun is stale, there’s a slice of processed ...
Los Angeles Times

North Korea on a bun: What the legendary Koryo Burger tells us about the isolated nation, and ourselves

Reporting from PYONGYANG, North Korea — On Air Koryo, North Korea’s state airline, flight attendants are known to serve one thing, and one thing only: a burger as mysterious as the secretive country ...
Yahoo

North Korea signals reopening with first passenger flight in three years

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) -An Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang landed in Beijing early on Tuesday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began in 2020, as North Korea cracks open its ...
Daily Mail

North Korea’s Air Koryo is ‘the world's worst airline for four years running'

It is known for its lax approach to seating, odd choice of in-flight entertainment and food which is all but inedible. But this week Air Koryo, North Korea’s national airline, added another claim to ...
USA Today

Is North Korea's Air Koryo the world's worst airline? It may be the quirkiest

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — If an Air Koryo passenger ignores its no-photography rule, a flight attendant might take the camera and delete the pictures herself. Crumpling up a newspaper bearing the ...