In this Nepali city, the North Korean dream is alive—and it's thriving

The city of Bhaktapur, ruled for over three decades by Narayan Man Bijukchhe, has long stressed self-reliance over everything, and everyone else.

A picture of Bijukchhe (right) and a painting of Kim Il-sung, the North Korean patriarch, in the Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party's headquarters in Bhaktapur. Angad Dhakal/TKP