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How does the dating scene work in North Korea?

How does the dating scene work in North Korea?

Pyongyang tries to instill 'love for revolutionary comrades' over romance, but people reject it

How does the dating scene work in North Korea?
Ji-Min Kang
Ji-Min Kang March 28, 2014
Why men’s Kim Jong Un hairstyle requirement is unlikely true

Why men’s Kim Jong Un hairstyle requirement is unlikely true

Recent visitors to North Korea say no evidence of new hairstyle rumor

Why men’s Kim Jong Un hairstyle requirement is unlikely true
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald March 26, 2014
Understanding Christian witnessing in N. Korea

Understanding Christian witnessing in N. Korea

Despite dangers and criticisms, Christians fear ‘eternal consequences’ of not carrying out missions

Understanding Christian witnessing in N. Korea
Rob York
Rob York March 26, 2014
Engineering a look into North Korea

Engineering a look into North Korea

Irishman spends two years working in the Hermit Kingdom, offers moving personal account

Engineering a look into North Korea
Gianluca Spezza
Gianluca Spezza March 20, 2014
N. Korean water infrastructure needs repairs – engineer

N. Korean water infrastructure needs repairs – engineer

Practicing Christian offers his take on Pyongyang's version of Catholic mass

N. Korean water infrastructure needs repairs – engineer
Gianluca Spezza
Gianluca Spezza March 20, 2014
Grave-robbing in North Korea

Grave-robbing in North Korea

How a major market for antiques made smugglers brave execution

Grave-robbing in North Korea
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov March 18, 2014
What I learned from a North Korean education

What I learned from a North Korean education

Despite all I learned, I'll never forgive them for teaching me lies about the Korean War

What I learned from a North Korean education
Monique Macias
Monique Macias March 14, 2014
NK Media Watch – Mar 5 to 11

NK Media Watch – Mar 5 to 11

New Construction Project, International Women's Day, and Election Day

NK Media Watch – Mar 5 to 11
Matthew McGrath March 13, 2014
Misinterpreting North Korea’s gestures of passion

Misinterpreting North Korea’s gestures of passion

Grand spontaneous displays show sincerity, not fanaticism, in the North's culture

Misinterpreting North Korea’s gestures of passion
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko March 13, 2014
No bikes, no trousers: North Korea’s strange rules for women

No bikes, no trousers: North Korea’s strange rules for women

Despite sporadic enforcement, bans on commonplace things can cause hardships

No bikes, no trousers: North Korea’s strange rules for women
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov March 11, 2014