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Tongrim detour: Two days in North Korea’s border region

Tongrim detour: Two days in North Korea’s border region

The DPRK's push for hard currency often means tourists see a nice hotel and not much else

Tongrim detour: Two days in North Korea’s border region
Maria Siow
Maria Siow November 21, 2016
Stranger on the border: Speaking with North Korean-born artist Oh Sung-cheol

Stranger on the border: Speaking with North Korean-born artist Oh Sung-cheol

From three years in an embassy basement to exhibitions in Seoul

Stranger on the border: Speaking with North Korean-born artist Oh Sung-cheol
Jeong Eun Lee November 17, 2016
Glasnost? The early years of culture in post-war North Korea

Glasnost? The early years of culture in post-war North Korea

How Kim Il Sung lured intellectuals to North Korea - and purged them

Glasnost? The early years of culture in post-war North Korea
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko November 10, 2016
Ask a North Korean: Guns and going hunting in North Korea

Ask a North Korean: Guns and going hunting in North Korea

Hunting is rare and heavily restricted, and the most prized animal specimens go to top brass

Ask a North Korean: Guns and going hunting in North Korea
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung November 4, 2016
Ask a North Korean: What is married life like in North Korea?

Ask a North Korean: What is married life like in North Korea?

In the DPRK, who you marry is all about status - but times are changing

Ask a North Korean: What is married life like in North Korea?
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee October 31, 2016
Young Pioneers: How Kim Jong Un wins the youth for Juche

Young Pioneers: How Kim Jong Un wins the youth for Juche

Despite information coming in from outside, the ruling party still holds the monopoly on truth

Young Pioneers: How Kim Jong Un wins the youth for Juche
Adam Cathcart
Adam Cathcart October 20, 2016
A N. Korean fisherman “defects”: Kim Ki-duk’s “The Net”

A N. Korean fisherman “defects”: Kim Ki-duk’s “The Net”

A new film examines a N.Korean fisherman stranded in S. Korea and framed as a spy

A N. Korean fisherman “defects”: Kim Ki-duk’s “The Net”
JH Ahn
JH Ahn October 19, 2016
Pyongyang architecture: Transforming design in N. Korea’s capital

Pyongyang architecture: Transforming design in N. Korea’s capital

Singapore-based architect talks bringing diversity to a city more famous for concrete blocks

Pyongyang architecture: Transforming design in N. Korea’s capital
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll September 29, 2016
Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film

Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film

North Korean films extol the virtues of marrying as a duty to the state

Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko September 23, 2016
How N.Korean defectors embraced South Korea’s new media

How N.Korean defectors embraced South Korea’s new media

With interest in defector issue among young waning, alternate media is breaking down barriers

How N.Korean defectors embraced South Korea’s new media
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji September 22, 2016