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More articles by 'Markus Bell'
A very North Korean way to die
The Kim personality cult has penetrated the most intimate aspects of North Korean life, even the mourning of the dead
September 7, 2021
The movement to return the Japanese wives of Zainichi repatriates from N. Korea
Letters sent to Japan revealing the reality of life in the DPRK sparked demands abroad for the wives to be brought home
February 10, 2020
Going “home”: why 87,000 Zainichi Koreans moved from Japan to North Korea
From 1959 to 1984, thousands of Koreans in Japan were promised a better life in the DPRK, only to be met with suffering
February 5, 2020
Halfway through his presidency, Moon must rethink his inter-Korean strategy
The South Korean President needs a new way to engage the North to recover in the polls, even if it risks U.S. reprisal
December 1, 2019
Living with a nuclear North Korea: how to move beyond the impasse
Demanding complete denuclearization has long been a diplomatic dead-end
June 12, 2019
Why South Korea treats North Korean defectors differently to other refugees
Ethnic nationalism, culture likely major reasons
May 10, 2019
Shinzo Abe’s legacy building in the age of the new-look North Korea
Japan's Prime Minister faces dilemma over domestic agenda and changes on Korean Peninsula
February 21, 2019
Why unification offers the best chance for improving North Korean human rights
Only when Kim Jong Un feels secure can real reform take place in the DPRK
May 21, 2018
Even fashion is authoritarian in North Korea
Fashion on the streets, while showing more diversity, still takes its cues from above
March 12, 2015
Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea – A Response
'If this is the type of governmental discrimination that North Koreans face in South Korea, I may be tempted to sign up for such discrimination'
April 4, 2013
