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Beyond the impasse: the answer to solving the GSOMIA dispute lies in the past

Beyond the impasse: the answer to solving the GSOMIA dispute lies in the past

Historical issues between the two countries must be resolved if the U.S. is to achieve its trilateral alliance

Beyond the impasse: the answer to solving the GSOMIA dispute lies in the past
Wang Son-taek
Wang Son-taek November 7, 2019
Korean-Americans should be part of DPRK family reunions: U.S. House Committee

Korean-Americans should be part of DPRK family reunions: U.S. House Committee

House Foreign Affairs Committee passes bill saying State Dept, ROK should include Korean-Americans in future reunions

Korean-Americans should be part of DPRK family reunions: U.S. House Committee
Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer October 30, 2019
With the century: the extraordinary life and times of Kim Il Sung

With the century: the extraordinary life and times of Kim Il Sung

How Korea, and the world, changed alongside the life of the infamous dictator

With the century: the extraordinary life and times of Kim Il Sung
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy October 29, 2019
DOD hopes to return to North Korea, resume search for U.S. remains next spring

DOD hopes to return to North Korea, resume search for U.S. remains next spring

DPAA making “overtures” to return in 2020 but North Korean Army has yet to agree, spokesperson tells NK News

DOD hopes to return to North Korea, resume search for U.S. remains next spring
Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer October 29, 2019
How North Korea’s devastating famine subverted the rigid “songbun” system

How North Korea’s devastating famine subverted the rigid “songbun” system

Many were able to use their foreign connections to start illegal, but profitable, cross-border businesses

How North Korea’s devastating famine subverted the rigid “songbun” system
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov October 27, 2019
DOD has identified remains of 41 soldiers returned from DPRK last year: report

DOD has identified remains of 41 soldiers returned from DPRK last year: report

Despite public commitment by Trump and Kim, repatriations of Korean War veterans’ remains have stopped since July 2018

DOD has identified remains of 41 soldiers returned from DPRK last year: report
Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer October 25, 2019
The seventh congress: a Workers’ Party meeting delayed for over three decades

The seventh congress: a Workers’ Party meeting delayed for over three decades

The event, originally planned for 1986, was pushed back, then shelved, and then finally revived and held in 2016

The seventh congress: a Workers’ Party meeting delayed for over three decades
Peter Ward
Peter Ward October 23, 2019
The 100th episode bonanza – NKNews Podcast Ep.100
Podcast

The 100th episode bonanza – NKNews Podcast Ep.100

Professor Andrei Lankov, host Jacco Zwetsloot, and the NK News team come together for a special roundtable discussion

The 100th episode bonanza – NKNews Podcast Ep.100
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot October 22, 2019
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
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