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How the famine years prompted North Korea’s first real enterprise reforms

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

How the famine years prompted North Korea’s first real enterprise reforms
Peter Ward
Peter Ward July 5, 2018
Academician Kim: how the Dear Leader received honorary titles from fraudsters

Academician Kim: how the Dear Leader received honorary titles from fraudsters

DPRK authorities used questionable credentials to beef up Kim Jong Il's CV

Academician Kim: how the Dear Leader received honorary titles from fraudsters
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy June 28, 2018
Former North Korean general describes early days of the Korean War

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

Former North Korean general describes early days of the Korean War
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy June 26, 2018
How Trump joins the list of notorious tyrants who praised North Korea’s system

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 Trump joins the list of notorious tyrants who praised North Korea’s system
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young June 25, 2018
How North and South Korean press covered the outbreak of the Korean War

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

How North and South Korean press covered the outbreak of the Korean War
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy June 25, 2018
Anti-U.S. rhetoric missing from DPRK’s Korean War anniversary coverage

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

Anti-U.S. rhetoric missing from DPRK’s Korean War anniversary coverage
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko June 25, 2018
Comrades no more? How North Korea picked sides in the Sino-Soviet split

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

Comrades no more? How North Korea picked sides in the Sino-Soviet split
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy June 19, 2018
Ri Sol Ju as a North Korean celebrity? Be careful what you wish for

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

Ri Sol Ju as a North Korean celebrity? Be careful what you wish for
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov June 18, 2018
“Imagine this is tasty!”: cold noodles in North Korean popular culture

“Imagine this is tasty!”: cold noodles in North Korean popular culture

The regime's propagandists turned a famine relief food into a national symbol

“Imagine this is tasty!”: cold noodles in North Korean popular culture
Who controls the DPRK? A brief history of North Korea conspiracy theories

Who controls the DPRK? A brief history of North Korea conspiracy theories

Many have posited that it is not really Kim Jong Un who is pulling the strings

Who controls the DPRK? A brief history of North Korea conspiracy theories
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young May 30, 2018
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