History
Information related to North Korean history
North Korea: Poor from the beginning
Soviet records indicate N.Korean economic edge in the ‘50s could be a myth
North Korean victims of North Korean kidnappings
Pyongyang hasn’t just taken people from Japan or S.Korea – sometimes its own citizens are nabbed
Near misses along the Chinese-North Korean border
There's another group of Korean families separated by borders, but less bound by emotional loss
Could North Korea again save Taiwan?
Continued risks of instability north of the DMZ may distract from coming cross-Straits tensions
N. Korean ‘abduction manual’ leaked: Tokyo Shimbun
Manual's South Korean-style spellings raise questions, but may be part of acclimation process
Lee Ul Sol: Last of N. Korea’s original partisans
94-year-old's career, medal count shows how Pyongyang values absolute, obsequious loyalty
Millions spent, but what has Track II with N. Korea achieved?
Investigation reveals more than $5 million spent on Track 1.5/2 dialogues since 2009, though participants struggle to cite successes
Let them eat rice: North Korea’s public distribution system
‘90s-era collapse of the Communist Bloc left a void, filled by markets and PDS nostalgia
Last of its kind: The Workers’ Party of Korea keeps the Leninist model alive
In North Korea, like its Leninist/Stalinist forbearers, the party is designed to encompass all authority
S.Korean, N. Korean Buddhists orders cooperate on restoration projects
Annual joint events between South, North Korean Buddhist orders expected soon to celebrate temples' renovations
