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Comrades forever? Pyongyang between Havana and DC

Comrades forever? Pyongyang between Havana and DC

As two of only a few Communist states, North Korea and Cuba share a special relationship

Comrades forever? Pyongyang between Havana and DC
Jared Ward September 26, 2016
With friends like these? Japan reaches out to Cuba for N. Korea assistance

With friends like these? Japan reaches out to Cuba for N. Korea assistance

Shinzo Abe is hoping Pyongyang's old comrades can talk them down from the brink

With friends like these? Japan reaches out to Cuba for N. Korea assistance
Donald Kirk
Donald Kirk September 22, 2016
Philippe Pons: Avoiding cliché covering North Korea as a journalist

Philippe Pons: Avoiding cliché covering North Korea as a journalist

In a new book, Le Monde writer shares his 35 years of experience covering the DPRK

Philippe Pons: Avoiding cliché covering North Korea as a journalist
Frederic Ojardias
Frederic Ojardias September 21, 2016
North Korea’s attempts to block outside information will fail

North Korea’s attempts to block outside information will fail

Kim Jong Un is right to worry about knowledge that is damaging to his regime coming into the country

North Korea’s attempts to block outside information will fail
Robert E. McCoy
Robert E. McCoy September 19, 2016
No easy answers: Preparing for a nuclear Son’gun Korea

No easy answers: Preparing for a nuclear Son’gun Korea

The DPRK's military first principle makes compromise a bitter pill to swallow

No easy answers: Preparing for a nuclear Son’gun Korea
Daniel Pinkston
Daniel Pinkston September 19, 2016
After the fifth nuke test, a new sanctions crackdown?

After the fifth nuke test, a new sanctions crackdown?

Experts divided on best way to respond further DPRK provocation

After the fifth nuke test, a new sanctions crackdown?
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham September 16, 2016
War Games: who is responsible for tension on the Korean peninsula?

War Games: who is responsible for tension on the Korean peninsula?

In refusing to talk to Pyongyang, the US and S.Korea must hold the blame for the rise in tensions

War Games: who is responsible for tension on the Korean peninsula?
Alexander Vorontsov
Alexander Vorontsov September 15, 2016
“Ms. Wang” and the curious case of North Korea’s Chinese citizens

“Ms. Wang” and the curious case of North Korea’s Chinese citizens

Understanding the DPRK's Chinese minority and what their future holds

“Ms. Wang” and the curious case of North Korea’s Chinese citizens
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov September 15, 2016
DPRK lies and videotape: North Korea’s “investigative” journalism

DPRK lies and videotape: North Korea’s “investigative” journalism

Cloaked in the language of objectivity, state media hits back at international condemnation

DPRK lies and videotape: North Korea’s “investigative” journalism
Sandra Fahy
Sandra Fahy September 14, 2016
Fallout: S. Korea as collateral damage in U.S.’ struggle with China

Fallout: S. Korea as collateral damage in U.S.’ struggle with China

THAAD and the South China Sea ruling shift Chinese attitudes, raising concerns in the South

Fallout: S. Korea as collateral damage in U.S.’ struggle with China
Tim Beal
Tim Beal September 13, 2016