Features
Long-form reporting on timeless issues and human interest stories by NK News journalists and contributors.
Italy: North Korea’s lost friend in the West?
Once a pioneer of engagement with Pyongyang, Rome's interest has waned in recent years
Bureaucrats, whiners, and wild horses: industrial managers in North Korean TV
Portrayal of non-party enterprise officials has become decidedly more sympathetic over the years
“Heroes who returned to the legal authority”: prominent Cold War-era defectors
Long before the 30,000 defector era, reception was much different for the few who made it
How sourcing for North Korean studies has changed over time
Access to documents from 70s and 80s 'dark era' still most difficult, but may improve in future
The meaning of North Korea’s “Songun Day”
The DPRK's "military first" policy never had major policy implications
Goodbye, Gorby: How North Korea saw the final days of the Soviet Union
Pyongyang saw the fall of its longstanding backer with understandable trepidation
Occupational hazards: what Xi Jinping sees in Kim Jong Un
Beyond the power imbalance, the two leaders have quite a bit to talk about as equals
KPA Marshal Kim Yong Chun dead at 82
Questions over Kim's role in suppressing Sixth Corps coup plot remain
The troubled, tragic history of inter-Korean family reunions
Next week's meetings will be the first in three years
A brief history of Pyongyang’s Liberation Monument
The famous memorial has weathered the ups and downs of the DPRK-Russian relationship
