History
Information related to North Korean history
How non-defecting border crossers can bring change to North Korea
Labor migrants and others were a major voice for market reform in the DPRK before UN sanctions and COVID controls
Scorched Earth: How climate change could send North Korea up in flames
Decades of satellite data reveal devastating impact of wildfires on country ill-equipped to handle rising temperatures
Ask a North Korean: What is retirement like for the elderly?
Most retirees fend for themselves and eek out a living at marketplaces due to collapse of public distribution system
State media review: Rodong Sinmun launches new mobile-friendly website
An in-depth analysis of site redesign for smartphone users, forest fire warnings, an ice cream factory and more
How the US and North Korea teamed up to fight a common enemy — pirates
A US destroyer answered a distress call from the DPRK’s Dai Hong Dan off the Somali coast 15 years ago
The lasting legacy of North Korean orphans in Poland
DPRK sent thousands of children to the country after the Korean War in a move that has shaped bilateral ties to this day
How a US veteran became a POW in North Korea 60 years after the Korean War
Merrill Newman’s ill-fated trip to the DPRK would reveal the ways in which for Pyongyang, the conflict never ended
Book review: Grappling with the personal and political toll of Korea’s division
Hwang Sok-yong’s ‘The Prisoner’ tells story of his life as a ‘refugee’ from North Korea for whom going home is a crime
How a disputed sea border could trigger North and South Korea’s next big crisis
Recent artillery shootouts in the Yellow Sea harken back to deadly DPRK attacks on civilians and military in past
North Korea is a tinderbox. But no one can know what spark might ignite change.
History shows seemingly innocuous events can trigger political crisis, from the Arab Spring to collapse of Qing Dynasty
