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Why North Korea’s news agency deleted hundreds of articles from website

Why North Korea’s news agency deleted hundreds of articles from website

Purge of KCNA content appears aimed at expunging references to unification, South Korea and more

Why North Korea’s news agency deleted hundreds of articles from website
Martin Weiser
Martin Weiser April 5, 2024
Bodhisattva of unification: How one monk tried to bridge Koreas through Buddhism

Bodhisattva of unification: How one monk tried to bridge Koreas through Buddhism

Venerable Popta traveled to North Korea hundreds of times to work with local monks, rejecting claims they are DPRK spies

Bodhisattva of unification: How one monk tried to bridge Koreas through Buddhism
Roman Husarski
Roman Husarski April 1, 2024
North Korea’s forgotten gulags expose a dark history of human rights abuse
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North Korea’s forgotten gulags expose a dark history of human rights abuse

Satellite imagery shines a light on the former political prison camps that the Kim regime denies ever existed

North Korea’s forgotten gulags expose a dark history of human rights abuse
Jacob Bogle
Jacob Bogle March 29, 2024
Book review: A realist appraisal of North Korea’s ‘nuclear obsession’

Book review: A realist appraisal of North Korea’s ‘nuclear obsession’

In ‘North Korea in 100 Questions,’ two French experts push past stereotypes to shine light on all things DPRK

Book review: A realist appraisal of North Korea’s ‘nuclear obsession’
Stephen Mercado
Stephen Mercado March 21, 2024
What the UN’s role in North Korea will look like going forward – Ep. 332
Podcast

What the UN’s role in North Korea will look like going forward – Ep. 332

Former UN resident coordinator Frode Mauring discusses dealing with the DPRK during the pandemic and what comes next

What the UN’s role in North Korea will look like going forward – Ep. 332
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News March 6, 2024
New film champions ROK’s first president, and his hardline stance on North Korea

New film champions ROK’s first president, and his hardline stance on North Korea

‘Birth of Korea’ offers revisionist take of Rhee Syngman, winning conservative fans but misconstruing history

New film champions ROK’s first president, and his hardline stance on North Korea
Gabriela Bernal
Gabriela Bernal March 5, 2024
North Korea in February 2024: A month in review and what’s ahead
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North Korea in February 2024: A month in review and what’s ahead

An analytical look at the main developments from February 1, 2024 to February 29, 2024

North Korea in February 2024: A month in review and what’s ahead
NK Pro
NK Pro March 1, 2024
Five years after Hanoi, Trump’s still keen on a nuclear deal with North Korea

Five years after Hanoi, Trump’s still keen on a nuclear deal with North Korea

Former president seems determined to rekindle friendship with Kim Jong Un, and he could make enticing offer if reelected

Five years after Hanoi, Trump’s still keen on a nuclear deal with North Korea
James Fretwell
James Fretwell February 28, 2024
How great power competition is shaping North Korea’s grand strategy
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How great power competition is shaping North Korea’s grand strategy

Rejection of unification and foreign policy changes reflect DPRK’s effort to find new way forward amid US-China rivalry

How great power competition is shaping North Korea’s grand strategy
Marialaura De Angelis
Marialaura De Angelis February 27, 2024
By forsaking unification, North Korea also abandoned the South’s radical left
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By forsaking unification, North Korea also abandoned the South’s radical left

Policy change has stunned pro-DPRK groups in South Korea, which have long viewed regime as champion of national unity

By forsaking unification, North Korea also abandoned the South’s radical left
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov February 26, 2024
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