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How Kim Il Sung’s friendship with a king led North Korea to the World Cup
Cambodia hosted the preliminary match against Australia, setting the stage for the DPRK's iconic upset of Italy
Kim Jong Un makes rare visit to Chinese friendship monument on war anniversary
North Korean leader thanks China for war aid, as former top military official reappears at his side despite demotion
When North Korean doctors stood up to the government against overwork
Medical doctors argued the Cheollima labor campaign would harm public health, but the regime responded with hostility
A hotline history: Why North Korea changes the game when it picks up the phone
The Kim regime has dictated the pace of events on the peninsula by choosing when — and when not — to answer the phone
Front row at the Korean War armistice talks – NKNews Podcast Ep. 193
Korean War veteran Richard Underwood discusses his experience interpreting at the Kaesong peace talks to end hostilities
Widespread deforestation threatens to leave North Korea buried in the pines
Illegal logging and Chinese timber demand have devastated DPRK forests, posing a possible threat to the regime
An interview with Stephen Biegun – NKNews Podcast Ep. 191
The former U.S envoy for North Korea policy discusses what went right -- and wrong -- in Singapore, Hanoi and Stockholm
An interview with Stephen Biegun, former US special envoy to North Korea
From Singapore, Hanoi to Stockholm, Biegun discusses his time as Washington’s lead official on North Korea policy
North Korea’s relations with Cuba: Revolutionary comrades and brothers-in-arms
Long united against U.S interventionism, the Havana protests show how far apart the two friends’ societies have drifted
Documenting North Korea’s unsolved mysteries and unguarded moments of daily life
Re-released documentaries pull back curtain on 1966 World Cup team, Mass Games performers and Americans in Pyongyang
