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Sanctions and new technology could help divided families

Sanctions and new technology could help divided families

Do divided Koreans need state level negotiations to hold reunions?

Sanctions and new technology could help divided families
John Lee
John Lee March 25, 2016
A look into North Korea’s ‘Invitation-Only Zone’

A look into North Korea’s ‘Invitation-Only Zone’

Journalist Robert Boynton spent years investigating North Korea’s abduction of Japanese citizens

A look into North Korea’s ‘Invitation-Only Zone’
Jiwon Song | Oliver Hotham March 24, 2016
North Korea’s bike path

North Korea’s bike path

Sometimes illegal, sometimes encouraged, the North has an unusual relationship with bicycles

North Korea’s bike path
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov March 21, 2016
Before AlphaGo, there was North Korea’s Eunbyul

Before AlphaGo, there was North Korea’s Eunbyul

North Korea's homegrown Go software dominated international competitions for a time

Before AlphaGo, there was North Korea’s Eunbyul
Jiwon Song March 16, 2016
Is North Korea a racist state?

Is North Korea a racist state?

How well does the average N.Korean retain ultra-nationalist, occasionally race-tinged propaganda?

Is North Korea a racist state?
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy March 14, 2016
Book on N.Korea’s Jang has implications for S.Korea

Book on N.Korea’s Jang has implications for S.Korea

Jang beat odds to join ruling family, but was ultimately a casualty of internal power contradictons

Book on N.Korea’s Jang has implications for S.Korea
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi March 9, 2016
Fading sunshine – Is the South Korean left’s view of North Korea changing?

Fading sunshine – Is the South Korean left’s view of North Korea changing?

Pyongyang’s recent actions test the Southern opposition’s commitment to conciliation

Fading sunshine – Is the South Korean left’s view of North Korea changing?
Peter Ward
Peter Ward March 1, 2016
The good – but not too good – Japanese of N.Korean mass culture

The good – but not too good – Japanese of N.Korean mass culture

The late 1980s saw the movement of the ‘good foreigner,’ including from Japan, in Northern works

The good – but not too good – Japanese of N.Korean mass culture
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko February 17, 2016
In Russia, selective memorials of Kim Jong Il’s true birthplace

In Russia, selective memorials of Kim Jong Il’s true birthplace

Some memories, but little official recognition, of Kim Jong Il in his birthplace

In Russia, selective memorials of Kim Jong Il’s true birthplace
NK News
NK News February 15, 2016
Prodigal Son: Will an exasperated China turn to Kim Jong Nam?

Prodigal Son: Will an exasperated China turn to Kim Jong Nam?

At what point does a fed-up Beijing look elsewhere in the Kim family to uphold its interests?

Prodigal Son: Will an exasperated China turn to Kim Jong Nam?
Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin February 14, 2016
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