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Italy’s Juventus football club signs North Korean Han Kwang Song

Italy’s Juventus football club signs North Korean Han Kwang Song

Team management insists Han "not subject" to restrictions presented by international sanctions

Italy’s Juventus football club signs North Korean Han Kwang Song
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham September 3, 2019
The North Korean perspective of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.93
Podcast

The North Korean perspective of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.93

Former Pyongyang resident Choi Sung-guk discusses his experiences of the international event

The North Korean perspective of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.93
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 27, 2019
“Brothers”: the banned North Korean-Soviet film ruined by Juche politics

“Brothers”: the banned North Korean-Soviet film ruined by Juche politics

A jointly-produced movie, the first of its kind, showed just how strict the DPRK really was

“Brothers”: the banned North Korean-Soviet film ruined by Juche politics
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko August 13, 2019
The how and why of travel to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.91
Podcast

The how and why of travel to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.91

Simon Cockerell discusses the positive impact — and ethical implications — of tourism to the DPRK

The how and why of travel to North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.91
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 13, 2019
Landmines and luxury malls: looking North from South Korea’s Odusan Observatory

Landmines and luxury malls: looking North from South Korea’s Odusan Observatory

A visit to Paju, where the two Koreas meet at a fork in the river

Landmines and luxury malls: looking North from South Korea’s Odusan Observatory
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 8, 2019
North Korea celebrates Kim-Trump Panmunjom meeting with new commemorative stamp

North Korea celebrates Kim-Trump Panmunjom meeting with new commemorative stamp

“Lightning meeting” described as signaling “fresh start” in U.S.-DPRK relations

North Korea celebrates Kim-Trump Panmunjom meeting with new commemorative stamp
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko August 2, 2019
Politics and the Korean language: a history of Chinese characters in the DPRK

Politics and the Korean language: a history of Chinese characters in the DPRK

Both simplified and traditional characters remain in use to this day

Politics and the Korean language: a history of Chinese characters in the DPRK
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy July 30, 2019
Prisoner number 429: Kim Dong-chul’s three-year detention in North Korea

Prisoner number 429: Kim Dong-chul’s three-year detention in North Korea

Former detainee details how he went from businessman to spying for the U.S. and South Korea

Prisoner number 429: Kim Dong-chul’s three-year detention in North Korea
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji July 29, 2019
Dangerous myths: why North Korean culture idolizes the Koguryo period

Dangerous myths: why North Korean culture idolizes the Koguryo period

DPRK-made cartoons often distort historical reality and perpetuate nationalist falsehoods

Dangerous myths: why North Korean culture idolizes the Koguryo period
Yangdok hot springs and ski resort project taking shape as October deadline looms
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Yangdok hot springs and ski resort project taking shape as October deadline looms

Satellite imagery reveals scope of one of North Korea’s most-promoted new projects

Yangdok hot springs and ski resort project taking shape as October deadline looms
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko June 28, 2019