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Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film

Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film

North Korean films extol the virtues of marrying as a duty to the state

Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko September 23, 2016
How Stalinism built North Korea’s command economy

How Stalinism built North Korea’s command economy

Despite its idiosyncratic system, the DPRK economy is built on classically Soviet ground

How Stalinism built North Korea’s command economy
Peter Ward
Peter Ward September 7, 2016
The DPRK economy and its laws #3: Are inter-Korean agreements dead or alive?
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The DPRK economy and its laws #3: Are inter-Korean agreements dead or alive?

While inter-Korean relations are on ice, important agreements not yet torn up

The DPRK economy and its laws #3: Are inter-Korean agreements dead or alive?
Tristan Webb
Tristan Webb August 30, 2016
North Korea’s youth congress: Proper purpose or dangerous deception?

North Korea’s youth congress: Proper purpose or dangerous deception?

Defector, experts reveal Illusion of North Korea’s youth policies

North Korea’s youth congress: Proper purpose or dangerous deception?
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji August 24, 2016
North Korea and the Olympic Games

North Korea and the Olympic Games

North Korea has a complex history with the Olympic Games but performances remain impressive

North Korea and the Olympic Games
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy August 22, 2016
Comic inconsistency: North Korean explanations of high-profile defections

Comic inconsistency: North Korean explanations of high-profile defections

Bungling of defection explanation consistent with North Korean historical record

Comic inconsistency: North Korean explanations of high-profile defections
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov August 22, 2016
What is marketization and when did it begin in North Korea?

What is marketization and when did it begin in North Korea?

Late '70s reform in foreign trade sector one of the earliest catalysts for marketization

What is marketization and when did it begin in North Korea?
Peter Ward
Peter Ward August 10, 2016
Mountain carving: The power of North Korea’s political slogans

Mountain carving: The power of North Korea’s political slogans

Slogans are one of the most ubiquitous forms of propaganda in the DPRK

Mountain carving: The power of North Korea’s political slogans
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young August 2, 2016
Kim Jong Il: The man who brought love to North Korea’s silver screen

Kim Jong Il: The man who brought love to North Korea’s silver screen

Romance in movies and books was strictly prohibited under leadership of Kim Il Sung

Kim Jong Il: The man who brought love to North Korea’s silver screen
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko August 2, 2016
Propaganda starts early: North Korea’s cruel and crude cartoons

Propaganda starts early: North Korea’s cruel and crude cartoons

While Kim family is absent in N.Korean cartoons, propaganda can still be found aplenty

Propaganda starts early: North Korea’s cruel and crude cartoons
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy July 25, 2016
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