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Homage Paid through Construction

Construction has been going on since late April in Namyang Workers’ District, part of Onsung County in North Hamkyung Province. It is reportedly being led by the daughter of Zhou Baozhong, a former commander in the anti-Japanese guerilla struggle. A North Hamkyung Province source told Daily NK on the 9th, …

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North Koreans ‘secretly watching foreign media’

In a survey of 250 North Korean refugees and overseas travelers in 2010, 48 percent said they had watched foreign DVDs while inside the country, up from just

A Quiet Opening

Nat Kretchun and Jane Kim of InterMedia have published a quantitative analysis of the ability of North Koreans to access outside information.  It is quite rigorous! Download the PDF

Chinese students in Pyongyang pose for photo-op

By Michael Rank The Chinese embassy in Pyongyang has posted photos of the latest batch of Chinese students who have come to study in North Korea. There are

Report: North Korea’s Control of Information Breaking Down

For years, advocates of appeasing the North Korean regime have claimed that more “engagement” with its dictators would gradually change its character and moderate its belligerent and brutal

In praise of North Korea and Uzbekistan – The Economist (blog)

MOST people’s reaction to numbers which claim to describe the state of the world is a wary acceptance. The statistics are probably a bit bogus but what else

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Illicit access to foreign media is changing North Koreans’ worldview, study says

WASHINGTON — A U.S. government-funded study says North Koreans have unprecedented access to foreign media, giving them a more positive impression of the outside world. But it says North

Modern Media Moving Minds

A new study to be officially released on the morning of May 10th (EST) is set to show the extent to which foreign media is pervading the formerly

Welcome to the Wailing Wall of Korea

Inside North Korea With Hwang Jang Yop NK Democratization 16 Years in North Korea Zoom in Kim Jong Il

FAO Sees Slight Rice Improvement

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) believe that North Korea’s will be able to secure 300,000 tons more rice this year than last year, according to