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Conversations with leading experts and professionals working on the DPRK

‘I didn’t even get to say goodbye’: South Koreans remember Kaesong’s sudden end

‘I didn’t even get to say goodbye’: South Koreans remember Kaesong’s sudden end

Five years ago, the Kaesong Industrial Complex shut down and sent thousands of North and South Koreans packing

‘I didn’t even get to say goodbye’: South Koreans remember Kaesong’s sudden end
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim February 10, 2021
Decades later, a once-divided Germany still holds lessons for Korean peace

Decades later, a once-divided Germany still holds lessons for Korean peace

Bernhard Seliger of the Hanns Seidel Foundation weighs in on how North and South Korea can reconcile

Decades later, a once-divided Germany still holds lessons for Korean peace
NK News
NK News December 22, 2020
How Biden can avoid past mistakes and make progress with North Korea

How Biden can avoid past mistakes and make progress with North Korea

Historian A.B. Abrams’ new book, “Immovable Object,” looks at the last 75 years of U.S.-DPRK relations

How Biden can avoid past mistakes and make progress with North Korea
NK News
NK News December 7, 2020
Photos document North Korean defectors’ struggle to forge a new life

Photos document North Korean defectors’ struggle to forge a new life

A new photo book called "Unperson" explores the lives and memories of North Korean escapees now living in the South

Photos document North Korean defectors’ struggle to forge a new life
NK News
NK News December 2, 2020
How Trump handled North Korean human rights — and what Biden will do differently

How Trump handled North Korean human rights — and what Biden will do differently

Robert King, former special envoy for North Korean human rights, spoke frankly about the last four years and the future

How Trump handled North Korean human rights — and what Biden will do differently
NK News
NK News December 1, 2020
Luxury, but little sex appeal: How Kim Jong Un is transforming North Korean pop

Luxury, but little sex appeal: How Kim Jong Un is transforming North Korean pop

Music professor Keith Howard’s new book digs into how North Korean songs have changed under various Kims

Luxury, but little sex appeal: How Kim Jong Un is transforming North Korean pop
Luz Ding
Luz Ding November 26, 2020
‘Laugh, cry and be angry’: New film depicts life in North Korea’s prison camps

‘Laugh, cry and be angry’: New film depicts life in North Korea’s prison camps

"True North" retells the horrors of North Korean human rights abuses through narrative fiction and animation

‘Laugh, cry and be angry’: New film depicts life in North Korea’s prison camps
Oliver Jia
Oliver Jia November 15, 2020
‘A long history of failures’: How past US presidents handled North Korea’s nukes

‘A long history of failures’: How past US presidents handled North Korea’s nukes

As Biden prepares for the White House, a former US defense secretary weighs in on past leaders' successes and failures

‘A long history of failures’: How past US presidents handled North Korea’s nukes
NK News
NK News November 13, 2020
Fat jokes and political satire: A look at DPRK humor in ‘Laughing North Koreans’

Fat jokes and political satire: A look at DPRK humor in ‘Laughing North Koreans’

Immanuel Kim’s new book on the history of North Korean comedy films reveals what’s funny — and what isn’t — in the DPRK

Fat jokes and political satire: A look at DPRK humor in ‘Laughing North Koreans’
Luz Ding
Luz Ding September 2, 2020
“Kim Jong Un and the Bomb”: how to live with a nuclear North Korea

“Kim Jong Un and the Bomb”: how to live with a nuclear North Korea

Ahead of the release of his new book, analyst Ankit Panda discusses diplomacy, deterrence, and the DPRK's future

“Kim Jong Un and the Bomb”: how to live with a nuclear North Korea
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham June 25, 2020
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