NEVER MIND THE WAR  A young woman holds a North Korean flag during the inauguration ceremony of a park in the Syrian capital Damascus to honor North Korea’s founding father Kim Il-Sung on August 31. The 9,000-square-meter park lies in the southwestern Damascus district of Kafr Sousa, atop the ruins of recently bulldozed homes. AFP PHOTO
NEVER MIND THE WAR
A young woman holds a North Korean flag during the inauguration ceremony of a park in the Syrian capital Damascus to honor North Korea’s founding father Kim Il-Sung on August 31. The 9,000-square-meter park lies in the southwestern Damascus district of Kafr Sousa, atop the ruins of recently bulldozed homes. AFP PHOTO

DAMASCUS: Syria’s embattled government, facing a four-year war that is encroaching on the capital, on Monday inaugurated a park in Damascus to honor North Korea’s founding father Kim Il-Sung.

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