March 29, 2024

Analysis

Leading experts analyze recent events and affairs involving North Korea

‘Pro-North’ paper with conservative daily’s name unearthed

‘Pro-North’ paper with conservative daily’s name unearthed

Historian considers edition praising North Korean army a 'leaflet' by propagandists

‘Pro-North’ paper with conservative daily’s name unearthed
JH Ahn
JH Ahn March 5, 2015
Children of North Koreans, living between borders

Children of North Koreans, living between borders

A generation of half-Korean children, denied full legal rights, come of age in China

Children of North Koreans, living between borders
Stephanie Gordon
Stephanie Gordon March 4, 2015
Riding the tiger of nationalism in North Korea

Riding the tiger of nationalism in North Korea

How did the North Korean leadership muzzle the tiger that Ceausescu could not control?

Riding the tiger of nationalism in North Korea
Balazs Szalontai
Balazs Szalontai March 3, 2015
Russian Railways interested in revamping North Korean rail
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Russian Railways interested in revamping North Korean rail

Rail network modernization faces challenges, namely lack of clarity from Pyongyang

Russian Railways interested in revamping North Korean rail
Christopher Rivituso March 2, 2015
Songbun and the five castes of North Korea

Songbun and the five castes of North Korea

Source indicates that social classification system has more classes – and criteria – than previously thought

Songbun and the five castes of North Korea
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy February 26, 2015
When divided Koreas meant box office bonanza

When divided Koreas meant box office bonanza

As inter-Korean ties thawed, films with reconciliation themes boomed south of the DMZ

When divided Koreas meant box office bonanza
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi February 26, 2015
N. Korea tourism companies struggle through travel ban

N. Korea tourism companies struggle through travel ban

Eventual lifting of ban may result in spike for 2015, but episode reveals inherent problems with North Korea travel

N. Korea tourism companies struggle through travel ban
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald February 26, 2015
When North Korean women become brides in China

When North Korean women become brides in China

Many women see arrangement, while potentially abusive, as relatively stable

When North Korean women become brides in China
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov February 25, 2015
The myth of a sealed China-N. Korea border

The myth of a sealed China-N. Korea border

Stories of widespread border fencing, and of increased tensions between neighbors, are highly exaggerated

The myth of a sealed China-N. Korea border
Rob York
Rob York February 25, 2015
Consumer goods among top North Korean imports
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Consumer goods among top North Korean imports

Electronics including TVs, cell phones and laptops big imports from China in 2014

Consumer goods among top North Korean imports
NK News
NK News February 23, 2015