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Long-form reporting on timeless issues and human interest stories by NK News journalists and contributors.
Three is a magic number: North Korea’s fascination with triplets
Three kids all in one go can be quite a handful - but in the DPRK, two's company, and three's even better
Almost three years on, Trump’s travel ban has hit North Korean refugees hard
The Trump administration's "extreme vetting" has made it difficult for escapees seeking a new life in the U.S.
A North Korean school of rock: teaching heavy metal to Pyongyang school girls
Funky Sueyoshi reflects on his time at the June 9th school — and whether music could ever inspire change in the DPRK
Kim Jong Un turns 36, but North Korea is conspicuously silent about the big day
Eight years into his rule, the DPRK is yet to officially confirm the leader's date of birth
Best of frenemies: Soviet perceptions of North Korea in the 1970s
Pyongyang showed little gratitude for Soviet assistance, yet Moscow couldn't afford to abandon the relationship
Sanctions, security, and a white horse: our top ten North Korea stories in 2019
Don’t go into the new year without having read these top stories
After massive data leak, North Korean refugees fear for family back home
"A lot of us couldn’t live our daily lives after hearing about the news"
Comrade Razzi: an eccentric Italian politician’s unusual love for North Korea
The selfie-loving former senator has forged close ties with the "beautiful" DPRK
With the century: the extraordinary life and times of Kim Il Sung
How Korea, and the world, changed alongside the life of the infamous dictator
How North Korea’s devastating famine subverted the rigid “songbun” system
Many were able to use their foreign connections to start illegal, but profitable, cross-border businesses
