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December 28, 2024

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Benjamin R. Young

Benjamin R. Young

Benjamin R. Young, Ph.D. has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, Dakota State University and the U.S. Naval War College. He is currently a Stanton Foundation Nuclear Security Fellow at the RAND Corporation. He is the author of the book "Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World" (Stanford University Press, 2021).

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Christmas and New Year’s in North Korea

While Christmas officially ignored, New Years marks big date in North Korea

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungDecember 31, 2013
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North Korea: Opponents of Apartheid

DPRK, South Africa remain friendly despite latter's push for denuclearization

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungDecember 16, 2013
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Meet the man who saved Kim Il Sung’s life

Meet Yakov Novichenko, the only foreigner with a personality cult in North Korea

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungDecember 12, 2013
Analysis

The German Neo-Nazi fascination with North Korea

Lesser-known Strasserite Nazi faction key to understanding admiration for Pyongyang

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungDecember 3, 2013
Analysis

Zimbabwe and North Korea: Uranium, elephants, and a massacre

Admiration for Kim Il Sung led to Gukurahundi atrocity and deep-seated hate for North Korea

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungOctober 30, 2013
Analysis

North Korea’s uncomfortable race relations

Willing to exploit racial conflict, the North does not welcome other oppressed peoples

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungOctober 11, 2013
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How North Koreans ads in western newspapers backfired

Designed mainly for domestic reasons, over-the-top ads were derided even by allies

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungSeptember 27, 2013
Analysis

Drinking the Kool-Aid

Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple's Relations with Kim Il Sung's North Korea

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungSeptember 19, 2013
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The African Student Protest for Clean Water in North Korea, 1984

"The whole street was full of African students walking and shouting"

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungApril 22, 2013
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Being African in the Pure-blooded, Juche Republic

In North Korea, Juche might have been acceptable in the 1980s, but being a bright African student wasn't

Benjamin R. YoungBenjamin R. YoungMarch 13, 2013
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