History
Information related to North Korean history
A brief history of North Korean reforms
Despite some tentative steps, Pyongyang remains a long way away from serious change
The Kim Jong Un succession campaign: how the “Young General” took power
The worsening health of his father led to a speedy propaganda effort to anoint the new leader
How the famine years prompted North Korea’s first real enterprise reforms
Economic crisis saw some companies turn to financial self-reliance - with little success
Academician Kim: how the Dear Leader received honorary titles from fraudsters
DPRK authorities used questionable credentials to beef up Kim Jong Il's CV
Former North Korean general describes early days of the Korean War
1991 interview with Soviet-born General Kang Sang Ho also sheds light on purges of 1950s
How Trump joins the list of notorious tyrants who praised North Korea’s system
North's personality cult, state media controls have charmed dictators for decades
How North and South Korean press covered the outbreak of the Korean War
Confident North, confused South Korean reporting lends to conclusions of war's instigator
Anti-U.S. rhetoric missing from DPRK’s Korean War anniversary coverage
Further signs of shift in North Korean propaganda narrative ahead of continuing U.S.-DPRK talks
Comrades no more? How North Korea picked sides in the Sino-Soviet split
The machinations of Cold War ideology drove Pyongyang into the isolation that continues today
Ri Sol Ju as a North Korean celebrity? Be careful what you wish for
History suggests regular DPRK citizens likely resent their increasingly prominent first lady