PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Amid a burst of fireworks and a haze of smoke, a burly showman in a white sequined suit and gold lame cape appears with a flourish. Over the following 45 minutes, he appears to constitute a Pyongyang bus levitate and wriggles autonomous of charge from a box sent crashing to the stage through a ring of fire.(Scroll down for video)This is magic North Korean-style performed in a exhibit touted as the nation’s largest ever and mounted in a megalopolis where excellent, ancient-fashioned illusion, a dancing bear and a dose of slapstick comedy can still command the largest crowds of the year.Glance at More…
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