North Korea to forgo this year's summer beer festival

North Korea has decided not to hold a beer festival this summer for unknown reasons, according to a Beijing-based tourist company."Sadly today we have been informed that the 2017 Pyongyang Beer Festival has been cancelled," Koryo Tours, one of the leading agencies organizing regular tours to North Korea, said Sunday on its website."The reason for the cancellation is unclear and we don't expect full information to be forthcoming but it is possibly down to the ongoing drought in the country that has caused a great deal of trouble," it said.The festival in Pyongyang was due to run from Wednesd…READ FULL ARTICLE