Features
Long-form reporting on timeless issues and human interest stories by NK News journalists and contributors.
A North Korean novel searches for meaning in the dramas and joys of family life
Ri Hui Chan expounds on centrality of family in way that is striking in a country that exalts leader as father of nation
The North Koreans who made their mark in South Korea’s soccer league
Japan-born ethnic Koreans have won support of ROK fans despite also playing for the DPRK national team
How North Korea exploited the tragic Sewol ferry sinking for anti-ROK propaganda
State media has run thousands of articles on disaster to portray South Korea as dangerous place with incompetent leaders
How extremist North Korean refugees inflicted terror during a massacre in South
A group of young landowners who fled Soviet rule helped to brutally suppress alleged communists on Jeju Island
The true story behind North Korea’s bizarre basketball rules
The DPRK briefly experimented with 8-point shots, dunk penalties and more, and there was a kind of method to the madness
Premier League pirates: How North Korean TV skirts law to air the beautiful game
KCTV regularly shows sports despite lacking rights, even blurring ads and adding fake crowd noises to conceal source
Bodhisattva of unification: How one monk tried to bridge Koreas through Buddhism
Venerable Popta traveled to North Korea hundreds of times to work with local monks, rejecting claims they are DPRK spies
North Korea’s new unification stance deals another blow to separated families
New policy declaring South Korea an enemy makes reuniting aging relatives tougher, but families still hold out hope
A job like no other: Inside North Korea’s bid to recruit a German soccer coach
Gert Engels visited the DPRK to consider a job coaching the country’s best team, but authorities made it hard to leave
How South Korea’s National Treasures were nearly lost to North Korea
Museum director’s quick thinking meant thousands of artifacts were saved from DPRK soldiers during the Korean War
