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Hong Gil-dong: Korean classics on North Korean screens

Hong Gil-dong: Korean classics on North Korean screens

Adapting classic folk tales using Juche-approved themes placed filmmakers in awkward positions

Hong Gil-dong: Korean classics on North Korean screens
The good things in North Korea

The good things in North Korea

Taking a moment to recognize good art, good scholarship and good people

The good things in North Korea
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy June 5, 2016
‘Owning’ a home in North Korea

‘Owning’ a home in North Korea

Residency rights and restrictions on moving means one all but owns the place

‘Owning’ a home in North Korea
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov May 24, 2016
Kim Il Sung and the communist rumor mill

Kim Il Sung and the communist rumor mill

How the Soviets tried to win the North Korean leader’s support by hurting his feelings

Kim Il Sung and the communist rumor mill
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov May 16, 2016
A Korean Autonomous Territory in Mongolia?

A Korean Autonomous Territory in Mongolia?

North Korean economic nationalism has an exploitative side, which can backfire

A Korean Autonomous Territory in Mongolia?
Balazs Szalontai
Balazs Szalontai May 13, 2016
North Korea’s capital, Juche and a towering achievement

North Korea’s capital, Juche and a towering achievement

Continued changes to the cityscape push Pyongyang toward Kim's ideas, away from Soviet influence

North Korea’s capital, Juche and a towering achievement
John Petrushka
John Petrushka May 10, 2016
History, Juche and public space in making of North Korea’s capital

History, Juche and public space in making of North Korea’s capital

Shifting ideas and loyalties from the early days of the republic can be seen in Pyongyang's design

History, Juche and public space in making of North Korea’s capital
John Petrushka
John Petrushka May 6, 2016
What happens at a North Korean Party Conference or Congress

What happens at a North Korean Party Conference or Congress

What, based on history, are the chances of reform being announced at the Seventh Congress?

What happens at a North Korean Party Conference or Congress
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy May 2, 2016
Critical diplomacy: How the UK’s first ambassador to N.Korea operated

Critical diplomacy: How the UK’s first ambassador to N.Korea operated

David Slinn has plenty to say about North Korea more than a decade after working as UK ambassador

Critical diplomacy: How the UK’s first ambassador to N.Korea operated
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham April 29, 2016
What good is North Korea’s subway system?

What good is North Korea’s subway system?

Opulent, palatial subway system has few stops, but at least it doubles as a bomb shelter

What good is North Korea’s subway system?
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov April 17, 2016
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