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“The 3.1 People’s Uprising”: how North Korea sees the March First Movement

“The 3.1 People’s Uprising”: how North Korea sees the March First Movement

DPRK historians assert Kim Il Sung's anti-Japanese guerilla exploits won independence from Japanese colonial rule

“The 3.1 People’s Uprising”: how North Korea sees the March First Movement
James Fretwell
James Fretwell February 29, 2020
The history of Cold War North Korea through the five stages of grief

The history of Cold War North Korea through the five stages of grief

The DPRK leadership's failure to unify the country during the Korean War left a deep scar on the national psyche

The history of Cold War North Korea through the five stages of grief
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young February 26, 2020
End of an era: Choe Chang Su, the North Korean “people’s actor,” passes away

End of an era: Choe Chang Su, the North Korean “people’s actor,” passes away

Hailing from humble roots, Choe became a fixture of the DPRK silver screen under Kim Jong Il

End of an era: Choe Chang Su, the North Korean “people’s actor,” passes away
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko February 26, 2020
An American in Pyongyang: Kim Il Sung’s 1972 interview with the New York Times

An American in Pyongyang: Kim Il Sung’s 1972 interview with the New York Times

Salisbury and Lee's visit to North Korea provided Americans with a long-awaited glimpse into life in the Hermit Kingdom

An American in Pyongyang: Kim Il Sung’s 1972 interview with the New York Times
James Fretwell
James Fretwell February 26, 2020
“The Two Koreas” and the United States – NKNews Podcast Ep.115
Podcast

“The Two Koreas” and the United States – NKNews Podcast Ep.115

Robert Carlin discusses the third edition of one of the definitive books on Korean history

“The Two Koreas” and the United States – NKNews Podcast Ep.115
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot February 18, 2020
It’s the security guarantees, stupid – NKNews Podcast Ep.114
Podcast

It’s the security guarantees, stupid – NKNews Podcast Ep.114

Retired Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard, Jr. discusses his experiences of the Korean War and failures in U.S.-DPRK diplomacy

It’s the security guarantees, stupid – NKNews Podcast Ep.114
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot February 11, 2020
The movement to return the Japanese wives of Zainichi repatriates from N. Korea

The movement to return the Japanese wives of Zainichi repatriates from N. Korea

Letters sent to Japan revealing the reality of life in the DPRK sparked demands abroad for the wives to be brought home

The movement to return the Japanese wives of Zainichi repatriates from N. Korea
Markus Bell
Markus Bell February 10, 2020
North Korean state media’s anti-U.S. propaganda remains coded in new year

North Korean state media’s anti-U.S. propaganda remains coded in new year

Coverage of Sinchon Museum showcasing alleged American atrocities continues without explicit U.S. mention

North Korean state media’s anti-U.S. propaganda remains coded in new year
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko February 5, 2020
Going “home”: why 87,000 Zainichi Koreans moved from Japan to North Korea

Going “home”: why 87,000 Zainichi Koreans moved from Japan to North Korea

From 1959 to 1984, thousands of Koreans in Japan were promised a better life in the DPRK, only to be met with suffering

Going “home”: why 87,000 Zainichi Koreans moved from Japan to North Korea
Markus Bell
Markus Bell February 5, 2020
Unconverted political prisoners, and inter-Korean romance, in DPRK fiction

Unconverted political prisoners, and inter-Korean romance, in DPRK fiction

Stories based (very) loosely on the real-life repatriations of prisoners from South to North became popular in the 2000s

Unconverted political prisoners, and inter-Korean romance, in DPRK fiction
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko January 31, 2020
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