History
Information related to North Korean history
Is North Korea’s 9/9 Foundation Day its most important holiday?
In terms of large celebrations, the holiday lacks a clear pattern over last 70 years
How sourcing for North Korean studies has changed over time
Access to documents from 70s and 80s 'dark era' still most difficult, but may improve in future
Photo review: August 2018 propaganda messages and posters in North Korea
Anti-American posters remain in some museums, ongoing focus on New Years' Speech
What’s so funny about North Korea? NKNews Podcast ep.34
Historian David Shuster explores humor, the limits of satire, and sex symbols in DPRK culture
Goodbye, Gorby: How North Korea saw the final days of the Soviet Union
Pyongyang saw the fall of its longstanding backer with understandable trepidation
KPA Marshal Kim Yong Chun dead at 82
Questions over Kim's role in suppressing Sixth Corps coup plot remain
The troubled, tragic history of inter-Korean family reunions
Next week's meetings will be the first in three years
A brief history of Pyongyang’s Liberation Monument
The famous memorial has weathered the ups and downs of the DPRK-Russian relationship
The Soviet-Japanese War: the brief conflict that created North Korea
73 years since its outbreak, the war's impact is often understated
Why Soviet plans for Austria-style unification in Korea did not become a reality
An official document reveals the division of the peninsula could have been avoided
