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What if North Korea keeps its COVID border controls for years to come?

What if North Korea keeps its COVID border controls for years to come?

Kim Jong Un may see little value in allowing outsiders to enter again, even if to the detriment of his people

What if North Korea keeps its COVID border controls for years to come?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 28, 2023
The Wagner Group and North Korea, Seoul under DPRK rule and more – Ep. 295
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The Wagner Group and North Korea, Seoul under DPRK rule and more – Ep. 295

Dr. Kim Kyung-jin shares his memories of the Korean War, plus the view of the Wagner uprising in Pyongyang

The Wagner Group and North Korea, Seoul under DPRK rule and more – Ep. 295
Jacco Zwetsloot
Jacco Zwetsloot | NK News June 28, 2023
A war on words: Kim Jong Un’s Orwellian crackdown on talking like South Koreans
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A war on words: Kim Jong Un’s Orwellian crackdown on talking like South Koreans

A new North Korean law polices intonation, jargon and more in futile effort to curtail ‘the puppet way of speaking’

A war on words: Kim Jong Un’s Orwellian crackdown on talking like South Koreans
Peter Ward
Peter Ward June 28, 2023
Why Kim Jong Un has little reason to fear a Wagner-style rebellion

Why Kim Jong Un has little reason to fear a Wagner-style rebellion

North Korea has taken systematic steps to guard against regime change, even at the cost of military effectiveness

Why Kim Jong Un has little reason to fear a Wagner-style rebellion
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy June 26, 2023
State media review: Kim Jong Un stays silent at North Korean party meeting
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State media review: Kim Jong Un stays silent at North Korean party meeting

An in-depth review of the lack of leader speech, new plenum posters, diplomatic ties with South Sudan and more

State media review: Kim Jong Un stays silent at North Korean party meeting
Seung-Yeon Chung
Seung-Yeon Chung June 22, 2023
How North Korea embraced an obscure religion as a tool for Korean unification

How North Korea embraced an obscure religion as a tool for Korean unification

Kim Il Sung praised Chondoism as a patriotic and native faith, allowing it to flourish relative to other religions

How North Korea embraced an obscure religion as a tool for Korean unification
Nicolas Levi
Nicolas Levi June 21, 2023
Hardliner returns at North Korean plenum, hinting at inter-Korean policy changes
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Hardliner returns at North Korean plenum, hinting at inter-Korean policy changes

Key leadership event sees relatively few promotions and demotions, despite Kim Yong Chol’s appointment to adviser role

Hardliner returns at North Korean plenum, hinting at inter-Korean policy changes
Martin Weiser
Martin Weiser June 20, 2023
Book review: An African woman’s memoir of privilege and identity in North Korea

Book review: An African woman’s memoir of privilege and identity in North Korea

‘Black Girl from Pyongyang’ documents the fascinating story of Monica Macias, a dictator’s daughter who grew up in DPRK

Book review: An African woman’s memoir of privilege and identity in North Korea
Stephen Mercado
Stephen Mercado June 19, 2023
North Korea promises more ‘powerful nuclear weapons’ to counter US ‘domination’

North Korea promises more ‘powerful nuclear weapons’ to counter US ‘domination’

Kim Jong Un leads party meeting deriding ‘severe defect’ in satellite program, pushes for another launch at early date

North Korea promises more ‘powerful nuclear weapons’ to counter US ‘domination’
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy June 19, 2023
North Korea convenes delayed party meeting on economy, defense policy

North Korea convenes delayed party meeting on economy, defense policy

State media reports Kim Jong Un presided over first day of likely multiday plenum but makes no mention of speech

North Korea convenes delayed party meeting on economy, defense policy
Shreyas Reddy
Shreyas Reddy June 17, 2023
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