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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
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
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
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 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
Surveying “The Red Years”: making sense of Bandi
Questions linger about authenticity, but the samizdat poet paints a vivid picture of N. Korean life
Award-winning North Korea scholar plagiarized sources, university finds
Charles Armstrong reported to be "no longer teaching" at Columbia
The legacy of the 1989 World Festival – NKNews Podcast Ep.95
Historian August Myrseth discusses the landmark festival's long-term impact
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
Comrades disunited: North Korea and the Soviet-Albanian split
A diplomatic and ideological spat between Moscow and Tirana left Pyongyang in a tricky position
