History
Information related to North Korean history
God save the Kims: How North Korea’s ruling regime came to love royal families
North Korea has criticized hereditary succession but is the only communist country to have done it twice
Suh Dae-sook, pioneering biographer of North Korea’s Kim Il Sung, dies at 90
A major figure in DPRK studies, Suh bridged gaps with scholarship in English and shed light on regime during Cold War
Evaluating the troubled legacy of Japan’s first summit with North Korea
Tokyo secured historic if fleeting breakthrough in Pyongyang 20 years ago, only for it to be derailed by public opinion
The Flower Girl: How a North Korean propaganda film achieved international fame
Kim Jong Il’s operatic passion project remains a nostalgic classic in China and elsewhere, 50 years after its release
How US-China rivalry impedes North Korea’s denuclearization
Great power competition is creating a dangerous regional divide, pushing Pyongyang further into Beijing’s orbit
Yoon says South Korea won’t go nuclear, but the WMD debate isn’t going anywhere
Evolving North Korean threats are pushing Seoul to cross nuclear threshold, though this would invite punitive responses
Why Poland could play a key role in efforts to engage North Korea
Former communist bloc state maintains ties with DPRK, but EU membership and bilateral disputes complicate cooperation
Why North Korea won’t be mourning Mikhail Gorbachev’s death
Pyongyang views perestroika as lesson against reform, but Soviet leader’s rise shows how change could come even to DPRK
Why the next 30 years of South Korea-China ties won’t be as rosy as the last
Seoul will find it difficult to balance relations between U.S. and China due to intensifying great power competition
Seoul avoids diplomatic disaster in forced labor dispute with Japan — for now
Supreme Court could still order Japanese firm to pay reparations, a move that would incite cycle of mutual retaliation
