One does not attract foreigners from his own country, and second, one cannot be called a foreigner in his own country.

FORBES: Two Great Historians On Alexander the Great Part 2

Much of the story involves the inspector trying, never entirely successfully, to join the dots between one inexplicable event and the next, and connect them all to the murder of a foreigner that may or may not have taken place in the Koryo Hotel.

ECONOMIST: The draw of a mysterious nation

The train is one of the few places where you can participate in a truly local ritual, and distinctions between Indian and foreigner fade.

BBC: Riding the rails like a Mumbaiker