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Why Kim Jong Un couldn’t be bothered with more ‘on-the-spot’ guidances in 2020
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Why Kim Jong Un couldn’t be bothered with more ‘on-the-spot’ guidances in 2020

It may be a North Korean tradition, but the young ruler is making his own leadership traditions this year

Why Kim Jong Un couldn’t be bothered with more ‘on-the-spot’ guidances in 2020
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko December 25, 2020
Decades later, a once-divided Germany still holds lessons for Korean peace

Decades later, a once-divided Germany still holds lessons for Korean peace

Bernhard Seliger of the Hanns Seidel Foundation weighs in on how North and South Korea can reconcile

Decades later, a once-divided Germany still holds lessons for Korean peace
NK News
NK News December 22, 2020
A North Korean textbook shows that Pyongyang and Beijing are still ‘frenemies’
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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.

A North Korean textbook shows that Pyongyang and Beijing are still ‘frenemies’
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov December 17, 2020
Nine years ago, Kim Jong Un took power. Here’s what changed in 2020. 
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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

Nine years ago, Kim Jong Un took power. Here’s what changed in 2020. 
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 17, 2020
North Korea wants an EU embassy, but France and Belgium won’t let that happen

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

North Korea wants an EU embassy, but France and Belgium won’t let that happen
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll December 16, 2020
10 years ago, North Korea enraged the South with deadly border island attack

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

10 years ago, North Korea enraged the South with deadly border island attack
James Fretwell
James Fretwell November 20, 2020
The mystery behind a South Korean presidential candidate executed for collusion

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.

The mystery behind a South Korean presidential candidate executed for collusion
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy November 17, 2020
Russia-North Korea relations hit a high point and then fell into a deadlock

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

Russia-North Korea relations hit a high point and then fell into a deadlock
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov November 12, 2020
China’s newly-remodeled Korean War museum is a friendly gesture to North Korea

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

China’s newly-remodeled Korean War museum is a friendly gesture to North Korea
Luz Ding
Luz Ding October 7, 2020
US reviewed plans to use nuclear weapons on North Korea, strike leadership

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

US reviewed plans to use nuclear weapons on North Korea, strike leadership
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll September 14, 2020
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