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Spy games: The North Korean intelligence services and organized crime
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Spy games: The North Korean intelligence services and organized crime

Western intelligence agencies increasingly need to adapt to an opponent that operates unconventionally and, at times, erratically

Spy games: The North Korean intelligence services and organized crime
Stephan Blancke December 2, 2016
What’s getting into North Korea and why does it matter?
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What’s getting into North Korea and why does it matter?

In the second part of a series, we examine the goods making their way into the DPRK

What’s getting into North Korea and why does it matter?
Jieun Baek
Jieun Baek November 23, 2016
Family of abducted Thai woman battle secrecy, politics in 40-year manhunt

Family of abducted Thai woman battle secrecy, politics in 40-year manhunt

Decades on, many are convinced Anocha Panjoy is still alive in North Korea

Family of abducted Thai woman battle secrecy, politics in 40-year manhunt
Clive Parker November 22, 2016
How the Zainichi Koreans adjusted to life in North Korea

How the Zainichi Koreans adjusted to life in North Korea

How the promise of a socialist paradise turned into bitter disappointment

How the Zainichi Koreans adjusted to life in North Korea
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov November 7, 2016
North Korea quadruples rice imports after flood
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North Korea quadruples rice imports after flood

KITA figures show highest spending in two years on Chinese rice imports

North Korea quadruples rice imports after flood
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne November 3, 2016
North Korea: The house that Mao helped to build

North Korea: The house that Mao helped to build

Many of North Korea's worst excesses derive from its Maoist roots

North Korea: The house that Mao helped to build
Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin November 2, 2016
Relief efforts: How North Korea is rebuilding after flooding
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Relief efforts: How North Korea is rebuilding after flooding

Signs of large scale construction projects and development present as temperatures plunge

Relief efforts: How North Korea is rebuilding after flooding
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald October 26, 2016
“Martyr”: Reverend Kim and the family that sued North Korea

“Martyr”: Reverend Kim and the family that sued North Korea

The death of a priest in a prison camp remains a tragic example of missionary work gone wrong

“Martyr”: Reverend Kim and the family that sued North Korea
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham October 26, 2016
Promised land? The Zainichi Korean exodus to North Korea

Promised land? The Zainichi Korean exodus to North Korea

Great emigration driven by discrimination in Japan and belief in communism - but they were deceived

Promised land? The Zainichi Korean exodus to North Korea
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov October 24, 2016
Why human rights play second fiddle to North Korea’s nukes

Why human rights play second fiddle to North Korea’s nukes

Policymakers need to stop obsessing about the nuke program and focus on human rights

Why human rights play second fiddle to North Korea’s nukes
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy October 20, 2016