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A North Korean textbook shows that Pyongyang and Beijing are still ‘frenemies’
By all indications, Pyongyang and Beijing really cozied up in 2020. But a recent history book suggests otherwise.
Nine years ago, Kim Jong Un took power. Here’s what changed in 2020.
North Korea underwent several drastic adjustments this year — some of which were state-sponsored, some of which were not
North Korea wants an EU embassy, but France and Belgium won’t let that happen
Despite Pyongyang’s wishes, Paris and Brussels are preventing it from cementing diplomatic relations agreed to in 2001
10 years ago, North Korea enraged the South with deadly border island attack
North Korea’s shelling of Yeonpyeong Island killed two civilians, sparking tensions along the inter-Korean sea border
The mystery behind a South Korean presidential candidate executed for collusion
He was executed for ties to North Korea and became a political martyr. But new evidence shakes up the story once again.
Russia-North Korea relations hit a high point and then fell into a deadlock
Russian companies won't significantly invest because North Korea can't give them what they don't already have
China’s newly-remodeled Korean War museum is a friendly gesture to North Korea
After a six-year shutdown, the museum is bigger and better than before — just like Beijing and Pyongyang’s relationship
US reviewed plans to use nuclear weapons on North Korea, strike leadership
Amid growing tensions in 2017, U.S. brushed up on plans to attack North Korea using nuclear weapons
Why North Korea may be on the brink of another deadly ‘Arduous March’ famine
Sanctions, flooding, COVID-19 and other 2020 conditions look eerily similar to what caused the devastating 1990s famine
‘Frozen in time’: Photos inside North Korea’s lavish, nostalgia-driving hotels
A new book, "Hotels of Pyongyang," offers a detailed view of North Korean aesthetic and design in places of leisure
