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The best and the worst of reporting on North Korea – NKNews Podcast Ep.142
Former NK News editor Oliver Hotham discusses his years reporting on the DPRK and how North Korea coverage is improving
Review: Nuclear map of ‘Kim Jong Un and the Bomb’ will stand the test of time
Ankit Panda’s book dives into the reality that North Korea is now a nuclear state, just like Israel, India and Pakistan.
Twitter abruptly restricts North Korean state media’s @coldnoodlefan account
@Coldnoodlefan drew global attention this year for promoting a new English-language DPRK media initiative
Ask a North Korean: How popular is soccer in North Korea?
"The World Cup and the Olympics are far beyond the daily concerns of many because they live such harsh lives"
‘Fatherly Love’: State media sings praises for Kim Jong Un amid flood response
Emotional interviews and ceremonies reach the big screen as Kim responds to North Korean worries over COVID-19, flooding
North Korea is targeting China with increasingly-aggressive propaganda on Weibo
Posts on Weibo's NewDPRK and I Take You to Koryo accounts promote vignettes of Pyongyang life and anti-U.S. sentiment
North Korean football player set to earn $5 million playing for Qatari team
Contract with Al-Duhail Sports Club, revealed in U.N. report, may make Han Kwang Song one of the DPRK's richest athletes
Talking Rastafarianism with North Koreans – NKNews Podcast Ep.140
Benjamin Zephaniah discusses his trips to North Korea and teaching poetry to university students in Pyongyang
How North Korea’s Pungsan dog became a symbol of the country’s ‘proud spirit’
Pungsan dogs are said to be pure, spontaneous, and loyal to their leaders - just like a good North Korean should be
North Korea’s first suspected COVID-19 case sparks joy and censorship in China
Some Chinese netizens are mocking the DPRK on Weibo, while others are suspiciously contributing pro-North narratives