Features
Long-form reporting on timeless issues and human interest stories by NK News journalists and contributors.
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
The Soviet-Japanese War: the brief conflict that created North Korea
73 years since its outbreak, the war's impact is often understated
“NK Signal”: State-backed South Korean news agency pitches inter-Korean romance
A webseries by Yonhap aims to highlight the softer side of the Northern neighbors
Why Soviet plans for Austria-style unification in Korea did not become a reality
An official document reveals the division of the peninsula could have been avoided
Fragile peace: the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement
65 years on, a temporary agreement has become the new normal
