History
Information related to North Korean history
Strategic patience, critical engagement, and boredom: My Korean saga
After watching 40 years, I no longer see much of a reason to be hopeful for a break in the deadlock
Ethnic Koreans in China not bound to N.Korea
Younger generation in Yanbian Autonomous Region well aware of South Korean wave
The Kim family’s code of silence: Speaking up can be dangerous
Speaking out, as some of Kim Jong Un's family members recently did, can cost people their lives
DPRK history: the 170mm self-propelled gun in the Iran-Iraq War
Only combat use of North Korea’s exclusive weapon and its subsequent capture
From hero to zero: North Korea’s failure in Yanbian
Economic decline, Southern culture explain North's gradual loss of appeal to provincial residents of Korean origin
Forgotten allies: North Korea and Madagascar
Pyongyang long ago severed ties with much of the world, but legacy lives on in Madagascar
Striking black gold: How North Koreans became coal entrepreneurs
Coal is relatively easy to produce, so business-state partnerships have turned profits
A Russian crosses the line: A different kind of North Korean defection
1984 incident remains one of most bloody in history of two Koreas’ only meeting point
Hong Gil-dong: Korean classics on North Korean screens
Adapting classic folk tales using Juche-approved themes placed filmmakers in awkward positions
The good things in North Korea
Taking a moment to recognize good art, good scholarship and good people
