Opinion
Opinion on the latest North Korea issues from analysts, academics and experts worldwide. Views expressed in Opinion articles are exclusively the authors’ own.
S.Korea textbook row highlights debates on teaching N.Korea
Professional historians in North America, South Korea reject government intrusion into textbook development
Chinese Checkers: Beijing plays off Seoul, Pyongyang
A S.Korean presence at China’s parade, a Chinese presence at the North’s, and a marginalized America
Overthinking North Korea’s Juche doctrine
Lightning rod scholar Myers returns with detailed take on Pyongyang's 'official' doctrine, which Westerners consistently misinterpret
Is Bill Clinton North Korea’s favorite president?
Since 1994 the 42nd president has gone from adversary to Pyongyang propaganda prop
‘The North will rise again!’: Anticipating Korea’s post-unification attitudes
The persistence of Confederate nostalgia in the U.S. may have lessons for a united Korea
N. Korea’s 1980s nuclear-free rhetoric
Kim Il Sung regime fostered sympathies with 'no-nukes' stance even as scientists sought the bomb
Why some N. Korean defectors’ stories fall apart
From cash incentives to NIS backing, it doesn’t always pay to tell the truth
North Korean nostalgia in a unified Korea
Why the collapse of the Kim regime will not mean a collapse of the Kims’ image
So, what was that inter-Korean crisis about? And who won?
In parsing the recent crisis, experts are divided. Unusually, so is Pyongyang
From pilgrimage to profit: N. Korea’s search for tourism revenue
Opening of new terminal at Sunan airport a new step in tourism infrastructure – but will tourists come?