Columns
Columns on the latest North Korea issues from analysts, academics and renowned experts. Views expressed by our columnists are exclusively the authors’ own.
The stop and go success of a North Korean entrepreneur
Even relatively successful people struggle to provide enough for their families in the DPRK
North Korea’s perfectly logical strategy of missile launches and dialogue
The DPRK wants sanctions relief from the US and a Democratic South Korean president and is working to see both outcomes
Sleep easy, Seoul. The North Koreans aren’t taking over the peninsula.
We should take the DPRK seriously. But Kim Jong Un is not about to invade the South — much less infiltrate or conquer it
Siberian jackpot: When North Koreans paid bribes for Soviet logging jobs
DPRK loggers earned exorbitant salaries for decades, and many North Koreans still seek to strike it rich abroad
When North Korea shined at the ‘Olympics of the Left’
Before North Korean athletes ever participated in the Olympic games, they found success at GANEFO in Indonesia
North Korean sports fans revel in the highs and lows of competition
Love of athletics goes beyond national pride, with the country most passionate for the beautiful game
How North Korea has limited, controlled and surveilled dangerous outsiders
The recent exodus of diplomats from Pyongyang underlines the DPRK’s long-standing suspicions toward foreigners
How Kim Il Sung’s friendship with a king led North Korea to the World Cup
Cambodia hosted the preliminary match against Australia, setting the stage for the DPRK's iconic upset of Italy
North Korea isn’t fretting about a long COVID-19 lockdown
Chinese aid will keep regime afloat as DPRK shows little interest in a quick return to pre-pandemic life
In diplomacy with North Korea, Moon Jae-in dances alone
A Japanese diplomat’s vulgar metaphor pinpoints an awkward truth: South Korean diplomacy is painfully one-sided
