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Surveying “The Red Years”: making sense of Bandi

Surveying “The Red Years”: making sense of Bandi

Questions linger about authenticity, but the samizdat poet paints a vivid picture of N. Korean life

Surveying “The Red Years”: making sense of Bandi
Greg Noone
Greg Noone September 20, 2019
Award-winning North Korea scholar plagiarized sources, university finds

Award-winning North Korea scholar plagiarized sources, university finds

Charles Armstrong reported to be "no longer teaching" at Columbia

Award-winning North Korea scholar plagiarized sources, university finds
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham September 11, 2019
The legacy of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.95
Podcast

The legacy of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.95

Historian August Myrseth discusses the landmark festival's long-term impact

The legacy of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.95
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot September 10, 2019
The North Korean perspective of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.93
Podcast

The North Korean perspective of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.93

Former Pyongyang resident Choi Sung-guk discusses his experiences of the international event

The North Korean perspective of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.93
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot August 27, 2019
Comrades disunited: North Korea and the Soviet-Albanian split

Comrades disunited: North Korea and the Soviet-Albanian split

A diplomatic and ideological spat between Moscow and Tirana left Pyongyang in a tricky position

Comrades disunited: North Korea and the Soviet-Albanian split
Taehwa Hong
Taehwa Hong August 14, 2019
Some anti-U.S. education in North Korea persists, despite diplomatic détente
NK PRO

Some anti-U.S. education in North Korea persists, despite diplomatic détente

Satellite imagery and state media reveal regular visits to American atrocity-focused museums continue

Some anti-U.S. education in North Korea persists, despite diplomatic détente
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko August 14, 2019
“Brothers”: the banned North Korean-Soviet film ruined by Juche politics

“Brothers”: the banned North Korean-Soviet film ruined by Juche politics

A jointly-produced movie, the first of its kind, showed just how strict the DPRK really was

“Brothers”: the banned North Korean-Soviet film ruined by Juche politics
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko August 13, 2019
Politics and the Korean language: a history of Chinese characters in the DPRK

Politics and the Korean language: a history of Chinese characters in the DPRK

Both simplified and traditional characters remain in use to this day

Politics and the Korean language: a history of Chinese characters in the DPRK
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy July 30, 2019
Grist to Pyongyang’s mill: Tokyo’s trade war with Seoul
COLUMN

Grist to Pyongyang’s mill: Tokyo’s trade war with Seoul

North Korea will seek to gain from the fallout created by the feuding allies

Grist to Pyongyang’s mill: Tokyo’s trade war with Seoul
Aidan Foster-Carter
Aidan Foster-Carter July 24, 2019
Dangerous myths: why North Korean culture idolizes the Koguryo period

Dangerous myths: why North Korean culture idolizes the Koguryo period

DPRK-made cartoons often distort historical reality and perpetuate nationalist falsehoods

Dangerous myths: why North Korean culture idolizes the Koguryo period
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