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An uncertain future: Sino-DPRK relations

While China has been a key supporter for North Korea over the past several decades, Jonna Nyman looks into what may be an uncertain future for Sino-DPRK relations.

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Kim Jong-un’s January in North Korea

by Luke Herman In the wake of Kim Jong Il’s death, many analysts wondered how the next few months would play out. What signals would the regime send? Would

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Russian Interest in Six Party Rejuvenation?

by Gerard Clare At the present moment, both North Korea and Russia are, understandably, focused primarily on domestic issues. North Korea has seen the death of Kim Jong-Il, and

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NK Tour Operator Launches Iran Service

Young Pioneer Tours, a British company that has been providing tours to North Korea since 2008, has just announced the launch its Iran service.  Their inaugural Iran tour

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‘Useful Idiots’? The curious case of Britain’s pro-North Korean Community

by Alexander James The recent death of Kim Jong-il has pushed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the forefront of the world’s imagination. Scenes of mass public grief,

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Sunny Lee on the Chinese View of North Korea

China’s political attitudes toward the Korean peninsula and its role in managing North Korea have been a constant source intrigue for many Asia watchers in the U.S. Trying

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DPRK Premier Learns about Progress Made in Construction of Mansudae Area

Pyongyang, January 26 (KCNA) -- DPRK Premier Choe Yong Rim on Jan. 25 learned on the spot about the huge construction of the Mansudae area now under way

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Back to the Future – DPRK Edition

by David Matthew, NK News Contributor If you are interested in seeing a movie of inspiration, a little comedy and a lot of drama, check out this documentary recently

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Hoping to Visit DPRK for 2012 Celebrations? Think Again!

by Tad Farrell, NK News Sources from within China and North Korea have indicated that there is going to be extremely limited capacity for foreign tourists hoping to stay

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Putin and Pyongyang in 2012

by Gerard Clare, NK News Guest Contributor When Vladimir Putin became the President of Russia in 1999, he inherited a North Korean foreign policy that was at possibly its