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In Northeast China, overworked performers sent home to Pyongyang

In Northeast China, overworked performers sent home to Pyongyang

Pyongyang Art Troupe lasts just one year in the disillusioning conditions of the Hunchun hotel

In Northeast China, overworked performers sent home to Pyongyang
NK News
NK News December 8, 2015
North Korea’s patriotic producers of cigarettes

North Korea’s patriotic producers of cigarettes

N.Korean tobacco tear-inducingly strong to Southerners, N.Koreans find S.Korean tobacco unmanly

North Korea’s patriotic producers of cigarettes
Michelle Lee December 8, 2015
North Korea’s halting anti-smoking efforts

North Korea’s halting anti-smoking efforts

Public health services struggle to combat habit identified with centuries-old male social behavior

North Korea’s halting anti-smoking efforts
Michelle Lee December 4, 2015
Coming of age in North Korea

Coming of age in North Korea

Second in a two-part series on the life cycle of a North Korean, from school to sepulcher

Coming of age in North Korea
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy November 29, 2015
Life of a North Korean: From birth to a mountain grave

Life of a North Korean: From birth to a mountain grave

Part 1 in our guide to growing up, memberships, and an 'education' in the leaders' great feats

Life of a North Korean: From birth to a mountain grave
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy November 27, 2015
For Chinese students learning North Korean, Pyongyang is far away

For Chinese students learning North Korean, Pyongyang is far away

A look at Yanbian University and the Hegemons of Study

For Chinese students learning North Korean, Pyongyang is far away
NK News
NK News November 25, 2015
Do North Koreans gamble?

Do North Koreans gamble?

North Koreans like to pass the time playing cards, often because there's not much else to do

Do North Koreans gamble?
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee November 25, 2015
Tense times to best friends: A look at the inter-Korean dictionary project

Tense times to best friends: A look at the inter-Korean dictionary project

Linguists involved in ongoing dictionary project reflect on conflicts, but also a growing bond

Tense times to best friends: A look at the inter-Korean dictionary project
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi November 15, 2015
Will multiculturalism prepare S.Korea for unification?

Will multiculturalism prepare S.Korea for unification?

Academic outlines challenges Seoul faces in balancing multiculturalism, push for unified Korea

Will multiculturalism prepare S.Korea for unification?
Michael Hill November 10, 2015
Conversations with North Koreans

Conversations with North Koreans

I wanted real talk with real Northerners – and got much more than talk

Conversations with North Koreans
Christopher Carothers
Christopher Carothers November 4, 2015