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Conversations with leading experts and professionals working on the DPRK

What to make of North Korea’s “peace offensive”?

What to make of North Korea’s “peace offensive”?

NK News spoke to three South Korea-based experts about the prospect of improving inter-Korean relations

What to make of North Korea’s “peace offensive”?
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne January 25, 2014
Author: U.S. dealt with hawkish S. Koreans in Pueblo affair

Author: U.S. dealt with hawkish S. Koreans in Pueblo affair

New book shows how Johnson administration managed spy ship crew’s abduction in tense Cold War-environment

Author: U.S. dealt with hawkish S. Koreans in Pueblo affair
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young January 17, 2014
Chef says Kim Jong Un showed leadership potential early

Chef says Kim Jong Un showed leadership potential early

In exclusive interview, Kenji Fujimoto says North Korean leader was boisterous growing up

Chef says Kim Jong Un showed leadership potential early
Kosuke Takahashi
Kosuke Takahashi January 16, 2014
Kim Jong Il’s former sushi chef sees coup potential

Kim Jong Il’s former sushi chef sees coup potential

In exclusive interview, Kenji Fujimoto says womanizing prompted Jang purge

Kim Jong Il’s former sushi chef sees coup potential
Kosuke Takahashi
Kosuke Takahashi January 14, 2014
Helping North Korea’s survivors of gender-based violence

Helping North Korea’s survivors of gender-based violence

"My mission is to have the refugees – both men and women – have this dialogue so they can share their ideas on how to catalyze peace on the Korean Peninsula"

Helping North Korea’s survivors of gender-based violence
Rob York
Rob York January 13, 2014
China, S. Korea, U.S: Whose NK approach works best?

China, S. Korea, U.S: Whose NK approach works best?

Even-handed treatment by the Chinese not necessarily beneficial to inter-Korean ties, expert says

China, S. Korea, U.S: Whose NK approach works best?
Ole Jakob Skåtun
Ole Jakob Skåtun January 11, 2014
Expert: Individual catalysts can help Pyongyang develop

Expert: Individual catalysts can help Pyongyang develop

Rapid Beijing- or Seoul-style rapid growth not realistic, carries side-effects

Expert: Individual catalysts can help Pyongyang develop
Gianluca Spezza
Gianluca Spezza January 9, 2014
Expert: Engagement worth pursuing, but results are small

Expert: Engagement worth pursuing, but results are small

North Korea seeks engagement while undermining U.S.-Japan-S. Korea alliance, historian says

Expert: Engagement worth pursuing, but results are small
Ole Jakob Skåtun
Ole Jakob Skåtun January 9, 2014
Learning from public space in Pyongyang

Learning from public space in Pyongyang

A market economy is coming, but space for the public can be set aside, author argues

Learning from public space in Pyongyang
Gianluca Spezza
Gianluca Spezza January 7, 2014
How Kim Jong Un became the focus of a new iPhone app

How Kim Jong Un became the focus of a new iPhone app

Child of Soviet Union believes art has potential to break down propaganda

How Kim Jong Un became the focus of a new iPhone app
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll December 20, 2013
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