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by Marcus Noland | February 6th, 2012 | 06:42 am Last month we discussed attempts by the North Korean government to suck foreign exchange deposits into the

We were intrigued by a KCNA story reporting that Kim Jong Un—AKA “rockstar” according to the Washington Post—is sending autographs out to the people. What is more

In an earlier post, we outlined some reservations about viewing North Korea through the lens of genocide. Nonetheless, we thought the issue deserved an airing and we reproduced

One-month removed from death of Kim Jong Il, the Korean Central News Agency reported fewer stories about developments in China and Chinese-Korean relations during the week of 15

By Kim Kyu-won, Staff Writer 　　　 Every morning, many press reporters access North Korean news reports through proxy servers by visiting the websites of major North Korean media like

There are signs of change in the Korean Peninsula. Discussions aimed at resuming the Six-Party Talks are active. The situation on the Peninsula seems to be reversing

midst all the speculation about the future of North Korea’s leadership, a critical problem remains unresolved: the country has a major food problem affecting its most vulnerable and

WASHINGTON - North Korea stands to be a major winner if Israeli hotheads lose patience and drive Israel into attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. With Iran said in some quarters

Making up for lost time, two slaves to the blog in one week! ForeignPolicy.com’s lede for 27 January, pretty much says it all: “North Korea warned the South