Features
Long-form reporting on timeless issues and human interest stories by NK News journalists and contributors.
North Korean fishermen lead dangerous lives as the ‘avant-garde of capitalism’
A North Korean defector recalls the good old days of profiting off unregulated waters as he casts his line in the South
Bob Woodward’s ‘Rage’ reveals more about Trump than North Korea
The book is addictive, but misses key historical events in its retelling of what happened between the US and North Korea
70 years ago in freezing North Korea, China crushed US hopes of a war victory
Americans would not be spending Christmas in the States as planned, but in Korea fighting the cold and the Communists
‘The Perfect Weapon’ shows North Korea’s rapid rise to infamous cybercrime
HBO’s new documentary shows that cyberwarfare — not nukes — could be North Korea’s more dangerous weapon against the US
A ‘warm-hearted father’: Family remembers man killed by North Korean soldiers
The older brother of a South Korean man who was shot and killed on Sept. 22 is demanding answers from the government
North Korea’s cafe culture is growing, but coffee is still a luxury brew
Coffee shops are cropping up in Pyongyang and prices are pushing new limits of what's "high-end"
75 years after liberation, are we slowly coming to terms with a divided Korea?
Calls for a united homeland have become gradually quieter since liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945
The strange reason North Korean email addresses are designed to fail
North Korean factories and service providers increasingly embrace the web, but emails remain a major business setback
“Being in North Korea”: teaching business in the world’s last Stalinist state
A new book details the trials and tribulations of on-the-ground engagement in the DPRK
“Becoming Kim Jong Un”: a former CIA officer’s limited insights into North Korea
A new book offers interesting insights, but falls flat in explaining a better way to deal with the enigmatic regime
