Foreign Relations
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Development in North Korea: Prolonging an Authoritarian Regime?
UN representative says politics and distrust dismantled development initiatives in the DPRK
North Korea’s Famine: A UN Representative Looks Back
Christian Lemaire describes North Korea’s foreign aid during the infamous famine of the mid 1990s
Remembering North Korea’s ‘Random Access Club’
Canadian Erich Weingartner recounts how he helped set up an exclusive foreigner only bar in Pyongyang
The African Student Protest for Clean Water in North Korea, 1984
"The whole street was full of African students walking and shouting"
Andrei Lankov on Reform & Foreign Perspectives of North Korea
In part two of extended interview, Lankov talks about prospects for reform and foreign views of North Korea
Andrei Lankov on North Korea’s Nuclear Threat Diplomacy
"Due to nuclear weapons, North Korea need not worry about attacks from other countries, including the U.S."
North Korean BBQ Diplomacy: How Current Tensions Are Hurting New York’s “Mob Crew”
"The more I grow up, the more I’m learning that that f--kin’ gangster mentality never got me anywhere."
Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea – A Response
'If this is the type of governmental discrimination that North Koreans face in South Korea, I may be tempted to sign up for such discrimination'
Why Korea Needs The BBC World Service
A BBC Korean service would be an important step forward for the UK's involvement in Korean peninsula affairs
Why North Koreans Should Be Allowed Asylum Beyond South Korea
Economic and social discrimination in South Korea provides a rationale for asylum in third countries