History
Information related to North Korean history
Manchuria and North Korea-China relations
Chinese border region has been a means of escape, both to and from the North
Manchuria: The third Korea
Former site of the Koguryo kingdom retains historical importance for Koreans North and South
The North Korean bureaucracy is here to stay
Former communist states, post-liberation South Korea show difficulty of replacing experienced public servants
North Korea through famine survivors’ eyes
Expert calls 1990s a period of surprising change for citizen-state relations
Why South Koreans don’t care about the North
After decades of the North's presence, many in the South seem desensitized
Remembering North Korea’s Chollima movement
Enacted in parallel with the Great Leap Forward, the ‘thousand li horse’ campaign continues to resonate
Why North Korea hates the U.S. and Vietnam doesn’t
North Vietnam fought America longer and suffered similar attacks, yet craves U.S. money, military backing
How North Korea uses, abuses history
N. Korean historical hagiography puts even S. Korean nationalists to shame
North Korea’s 42 ton black-market alcohol imports in Pakistan
Ben Young looks at the DPRK’s involvement in the black-market alcohol trade
North Korea and Ethiopia, brothers in arms
Ethiopia continues to operate systems designed and produced by DPRK