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Party favors: North Korean officials gifted smartphones after major conference

Party favors: North Korean officials gifted smartphones after major conference

New phones may help mid-level apparatchiks stay connected to central authorities in Pyongyang

Party favors: North Korean officials gifted smartphones after major conference
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko March 8, 2022
Ask a North Korean: What do North Koreans think about different car brands?

Ask a North Korean: What do North Koreans think about different car brands?

Defector from an elite family explains the DPRK’s love of foreign cars, why so many drive wood-powered vehicles and more

Ask a North Korean: What do North Koreans think about different car brands?
Alek Sigley
Alek Sigley March 4, 2022
State media review: North Korea calls out forestry units for not planting trees
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State media review: North Korea calls out forestry units for not planting trees

An in-depth analysis of Tree-planting Day, a call to dismantle the UN Command and rural farm volunteers

State media review: North Korea calls out forestry units for not planting trees
Seung-Yeon Chung
Seung-Yeon Chung March 3, 2022
Pyongyang diary: A cellist’s personal account of music diplomacy to North Korea

Pyongyang diary: A cellist’s personal account of music diplomacy to North Korea

Carter Brey of the New York Philharmonic shares his behind-the-scenes story of a historic concert in the DPRK

Pyongyang diary: A cellist’s personal account of music diplomacy to North Korea
Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer | Jeongmin Kim March 2, 2022
Review: Offering red pill about North Korea, new book instead jettisons truth

Review: Offering red pill about North Korea, new book instead jettisons truth

While aiming to humanize North Koreans, Felix Abt’s latest presents misleading critiques of Western narratives

Review: Offering red pill about North Korea, new book instead jettisons truth
David Tizzard
David Tizzard March 1, 2022
Kim Jong Un worship, threats to ruling system stressed as party conference ends

Kim Jong Un worship, threats to ruling system stressed as party conference ends

Thousands of mid-level officials gathered to hear North Korean leader’s closing speech on his party’s survival plans

Kim Jong Un worship, threats to ruling system stressed as party conference ends
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko March 1, 2022
Local North Korean party officials gather for big ideology meeting: Imagery

Local North Korean party officials gather for big ideology meeting: Imagery

Upcoming conference appears to be part of Kim Jong Un’s efforts to enforce strict ideological cohesion at all levels

Local North Korean party officials gather for big ideology meeting: Imagery
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 25, 2022
The week in North Korean state media: A review of Feb. 17 to Feb. 24
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The week in North Korean state media: A review of Feb. 17 to Feb. 24

An in-depth analysis of DPRK diplomatic activities, a party conference, COVID propaganda and a new book on Kim Jong Il

The week in North Korean state media: A review of Feb. 17 to Feb. 24
Seung-Yeon Chung
Seung-Yeon Chung February 24, 2022
Ask a North Korean: What stereotypes do defectors encounter in South Korea?

Ask a North Korean: What stereotypes do defectors encounter in South Korea?

Capitalist South Korea requires an entirely new mindset from the socialist North, a source of friction for new defectors

Ask a North Korean: What stereotypes do defectors encounter in South Korea?
Sersong Han February 23, 2022
The Unification movement and opening up North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 223
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The Unification movement and opening up North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 223

Tom McDevitt discusses Sun Myung Moon's meeting with Kim Il Sung

The Unification movement and opening up North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep. 223
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News February 22, 2022
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