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Liberty in North Korea: Can you ‘accelerate change’ from the outside?

Liberty in North Korea: Can you ‘accelerate change’ from the outside?

Group saves refugees, wants to “accelerate change,” but some question its priorities

Liberty in North Korea: Can you ‘accelerate change’ from the outside?
J. Hong
J. Hong November 5, 2014
Refugee in Laos awaits chance to reach S. Korea

Refugee in Laos awaits chance to reach S. Korea

Defector doesn't discourage visiting the North, even if it makes money for regime

Refugee in Laos awaits chance to reach S. Korea
Rohan Radheya
Rohan Radheya November 5, 2014
Ask a North Korean: Meet Kim Yoo-sung, son of a fugitive

Ask a North Korean: Meet Kim Yoo-sung, son of a fugitive

"My father secretly helped a South Korean prisoner from the Korean War escape from the North"

Ask a North Korean: Meet Kim Yoo-sung, son of a fugitive
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung October 31, 2014
Human rights in North Korea: Are they actually improving?

Human rights in North Korea: Are they actually improving?

Experts divided as to whether things improving on the ground in North Korea

Human rights in North Korea: Are they actually improving?
NK News
NK News October 30, 2014
Moon: Obama lacks plan, qualified staff on N. Korea

Moon: Obama lacks plan, qualified staff on N. Korea

South Korean president the only person who can change U.S. president's view, expert says

Moon: Obama lacks plan, qualified staff on N. Korea
Subin Kim
Subin Kim October 13, 2014
Experts criticize WHO’s North Korea suicide stats

Experts criticize WHO’s North Korea suicide stats

Data based on risk factors present in other countries doesn’t hold up in the North, scientists say

Experts criticize WHO’s North Korea suicide stats
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young | Rob York October 10, 2014
What do journalists think about reporting on North Korea?

What do journalists think about reporting on North Korea?

Journalists weigh in on the current state of North Korean reporting

What do journalists think about reporting on North Korea?
NK News
NK News October 9, 2014
Why researching defectors takes creativity

Why researching defectors takes creativity

Academic says human relatability matters helps those studying refugees learn new information

Why researching defectors takes creativity
Gianluca Spezza
Gianluca Spezza October 2, 2014
North Korea through famine survivors’ eyes

North Korea through famine survivors’ eyes

Expert calls 1990s a period of surprising change for citizen-state relations

North Korea through famine survivors’ eyes
Gianluca Spezza
Gianluca Spezza October 1, 2014
Independence, security, socialism – N. Korea’s view of human rights

Independence, security, socialism – N. Korea’s view of human rights

Pyongyang’s self-analysis contains obvious falsehoods but a revealing look at its outlook

Independence, security, socialism – N. Korea’s view of human rights
Rob York
Rob York September 30, 2014