Culture & Life

Meet the grass-pickers of Pyongyang

At first glance it seems like a task worthy of Hercules -- manicuring lawns the size of a football field with a pair of tweezers!

29.07.2013

(AFP) At first glance it seems like a task worthy of Hercules -- manicuring lawns the size of a football field with a pair of tweezers.

And not just any lawns. These make up the gardens of one of the most sacred sites in North Korea -- the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, which hosts the embalmed bodies of the nation's founder Kim Il-Sung and his son and successor Kim Jong-Il.