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North Korea’s newest attempt at Twitter, YouTube relies on same old propaganda

North Korea’s newest attempt at Twitter, YouTube relies on same old propaganda

Social media operation by Pyongyang-based company presses on with same media style despite account suspensions

North Korea’s newest attempt at Twitter, YouTube relies on same old propaganda
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko December 23, 2021
Don’t believe the hype: An end-of-war declaration won’t change a thing
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Don’t believe the hype: An end-of-war declaration won’t change a thing

Multiple inter-Korean agreements since the 1990s have promised breakthroughs but failed to deliver

Don’t believe the hype: An end-of-war declaration won’t change a thing
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov December 23, 2021
Chinese ambassador to North Korea set to leave Pyongyang: State media

Chinese ambassador to North Korea set to leave Pyongyang: State media

Li Jinjun's replacement in question due to Pyongyang's strict COVID-19 border policies

Chinese ambassador to North Korea set to leave Pyongyang: State media
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko December 23, 2021
With no ambassador yet, US signals South Korea at bottom of Biden’s to-do list
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With no ambassador yet, US signals South Korea at bottom of Biden’s to-do list

US won’t have ambassador for months, frustrating Moon Jae-in as he strives for breakthrough with North Korea

With no ambassador yet, US signals South Korea at bottom of Biden’s to-do list
James Fretwell
James Fretwell December 22, 2021
How history can help predict the next 10 years of Kim Jong Un’s rule

How history can help predict the next 10 years of Kim Jong Un’s rule

Predecessors Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il’s first decades in power suggest surprises in the years to come

How history can help predict the next 10 years of Kim Jong Un’s rule
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 21, 2021
Longtime head of influential North Korea abductee group dies at 83

Longtime head of influential North Korea abductee group dies at 83

Shigeo Iizuka fought for the return of Japanese nationals taken to the DPRK after his sister was abducted in 1970s

Longtime head of influential North Korea abductee group dies at 83
Kosuke Takahashi
Kosuke Takahashi December 20, 2021
White House says it favors ‘step-by-step’ approach to North Korea nuclear issue

White House says it favors ‘step-by-step’ approach to North Korea nuclear issue

Top official says Biden hopes to build on past presidents’ DPRK policies, while conceding lack of progress this year

White House says it favors ‘step-by-step’ approach to North Korea nuclear issue
Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung December 20, 2021
10 years of Kim Jong Un: What should Washington do now about North Korea?

10 years of Kim Jong Un: What should Washington do now about North Korea?

Experts weigh the different options for the US as Kim Jong Un enters his second decade in power

10 years of Kim Jong Un: What should Washington do now about North Korea?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll December 18, 2021
Kim Jong Un is brutal, nuclear-armed, and there’s little anyone can do about it
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Kim Jong Un is brutal, nuclear-armed, and there’s little anyone can do about it

Ten more years of Kim means more missiles and more oppression, all at the expense of the North Korean people

Kim Jong Un is brutal, nuclear-armed, and there’s little anyone can do about it
James Fretwell
James Fretwell December 17, 2021
Enhanced border controls hurtle North Korea into a new information dark age
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Enhanced border controls hurtle North Korea into a new information dark age

The COVID crisis has helped authorities justify harsher measures that will likely persist even after the pandemic ends

Enhanced border controls hurtle North Korea into a new information dark age
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov December 16, 2021