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Donald Kirk: How Seoul secretly paid for a summit with North Korea
Veteran journalist Donald Kirk discusses how Kim Dae-jung’s quest for a Nobel prize may have financed DPRK nukes
North Korea in July 2024: A month in review and what’s ahead
An analytical look at the main developments from July 1 to July 31, 2024
Timeline: From table tennis triumph to deadly natural disasters
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from July 1 to July 31, 2024
What Maduro’s disputed election win means for North Korea-Venezuela ties
While DPRK has yet to comment on election, past suggests it will be in strongman’s corner as he digs in to confront US
How ties with Algeria pitted North Korea against Iran, and shape policy today
Algiers’ clout compelled Pyongyang to adapt to its preferences, but DPRK still sees value in keeping toehold in country
How rigidly socialist North Korea embraced capitalism, on its own eclectic terms
The DPRK turned to foreign trade companies to earn cash when state agencies failed, sometimes through outlandish schemes
State media review: North Korea salutes its ‘victory’ in Korean War to bash US
An in-depth analysis of Victory Day propaganda, tourism policies, letters to foreign friends and a camp for Russian kids
Book review: A ‘dimwitted’ Japanese diplomat’s diary of life in North Korea
Sugiyama Takeshi offers rare look at project to build light water reactors in DPRK, but few insights into why it failed
Timeline: From ROK loudspeaker broadcasts to Putin’s state visit to North Korea
NK Pro timeline charts the key events from June 1 to June 30, 2024
Why North Korea overhauled its foreign policy focus from small fry to big fish
DPRK once cultivated ties with smaller nations but has now set its sights on more powerful players, and Russia above all
