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Read my lips: Don’t believe North Korea’s ‘no taxes’ talk
Officially banned since '74, taxes still hit North Koreans in different forms
After 60 years of division, how do North Koreans say ‘tractor?’
Among other differences, North Koreans have little use for loanwords, even from Chinese
Studying abroad with your family held hostage
Few North Koreans can go to foreign countries at all, and those who do leave family behind as leverage
Is no news good news in North Korea?
Northerners are blocked from exposure to international news, even in the black market
Studying a foreign language you may never use
All North Korean students have to learn a second language, only the privileged classes may put them to use
Defector: Why balloons stand no chance of changing North Korea
Foreigners expecting anti-government leaflets to stimulate regime change misunderstand the realities of North Korea
News and newsworthiness in N. Korea: Why it doesn’t exist
Why real news about crime, catastrophe and corruption does not exist in DPRK media
Ask a North Korean: Meet Kim Yoo-sung, son of a fugitive
"My father secretly helped a South Korean prisoner from the Korean War escape from the North"
