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Ask a North Korean: Do North Koreans like reading books?

Ask a North Korean: Do North Koreans like reading books?

"Among the books I read in North Korea, Sherlock Holmes was my favorite"

Ask a North Korean: Do North Koreans like reading books?
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee November 22, 2016
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