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    Design and Architecture

    Big dreams for North Korea

    All eyes were on Singapore as President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Denuclearization was at the top of the agenda. For Korean and Korean-American residents of Los Angeles, however, this meeting was about family.

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    By Frances Anderton • Jun 12, 2018 • 1 min read

    All eyes were on Singapore as President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

    Korean Embassy in Japan, completed 2012, designed by Chang-jo Architects with Eui-Sung Yi; Yi designed an earlier version with Roland Ritter.

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    Big dreams for North Korea, Santa Monica takes on e-scooters
    1. 0:00Big dreams for North KoreaYou’re reading this
    2. 17:53Santa Monica tries to catch up with e-scooters
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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      Oliver Wainwright

      Architecture Critic for The Guardian; author of “Inside North Korea”

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      Eui-Sung Yi

      Principal, Morphosis Architects; director, Now Institute, UCLA

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Big dreams for North Korea, Santa Monica takes on e-scooters
    1. 0:00Big dreams for North KoreaYou’re reading this
    2. 17:53Santa Monica tries to catch up with e-scooters
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