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More articles by 'Benjamin R. Young'
North Korea’s unlikely alliance with German environmentalists
How 1980s-era North turned development shortfalls into a selling point for European visitors
June 12, 2015
North Korean diplomats and the illegal ivory trade
A look into the DPRK’s involvement in the illegal ivory, rhino horn trade for hard currency
October 28, 2014
Experts criticize WHO’s North Korea suicide stats
Data based on risk factors present in other countries doesn’t hold up in the North, scientists say
October 10, 2014
Funding a DPRK diplomatic deficit: Cigarettes, alcohol and hashish
How North Korea's Scandinavia based diplomats resorted to creative means to generate revenues during 1970s
September 12, 2014
North Korea’s 42 ton black-market alcohol imports in Pakistan
Ben Young looks at the DPRK’s involvement in the black-market alcohol trade
September 5, 2014
How North Korea has been arming Palestinian militants for decades
Pyongyang's sole focus on survival virtually ensures North Korean weapons will continue to be found in the hands of those bent on Israel’s destruction
June 25, 2014
Kim Jong Il’s unlikely Maltese mentor & a secret military agreement
Kim Jong Il spent a year learning English in former British colony Malta
June 11, 2014
Why is North Korea called the DPRK?
Name dates back to series of 'people's republics' dubbed by the Soviet Union
February 7, 2014
New ski resort echoes North Korea’s ’88 Olympics bid
IOC rules forbid co-hosting, making Pyongyang’s co-hosting dreams unlikely to work
February 4, 2014
Author: U.S. dealt with hawkish S. Koreans in Pueblo affair
New book shows how Johnson administration managed spy ship crew’s abduction in tense Cold War-environment
January 17, 2014
