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October 13, 2024

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Your chance to ask questions to North Koreans about life growing up in the DPRK

The secret to watching Steven Seagal movies in North Korea

The secret to watching Steven Seagal movies in North Korea

Ask a North Korean: What was it like growing up in Pyongyang?

The secret to watching Steven Seagal movies in North Korea
Ji-Min Kang
Ji-Min Kang October 17, 2013
Plastic surgery in North Korea: More common than you’d think

Plastic surgery in North Korea: More common than you’d think

"Some of my friends tried to make double-eyelids with transparent sticky tapes made in the shape of eyelids"

Plastic surgery in North Korea: More common than you’d think
Mina Yoon
Mina Yoon October 2, 2013
From Kim to Christ: Why religion works for North Koreans

From Kim to Christ: Why religion works for North Koreans

Ask a North Korean: Explaining the transition from Kim Il Sung-ism to Christianity

From Kim to Christ: Why religion works for North Koreans
Ji-Min Kang
Ji-Min Kang September 25, 2013
How to have fun in North Korea

How to have fun in North Korea

Remembering low-watt TVs and off-key singing in the dark as spare-time enjoyment

How to have fun in North Korea
Mina Yoon
Mina Yoon September 18, 2013
Ask a North Korean: Meet Ji Min from Pyongyang

Ask a North Korean: Meet Ji Min from Pyongyang

"Watching Pyongyang’s misery on TV make it clear that my soul remains in that land"

Ask a North Korean: Meet Ji Min from Pyongyang
Ji-Min Kang
Ji-Min Kang September 11, 2013
Ask a North Korean: Introducing Mina, a soldier turned student

Ask a North Korean: Introducing Mina, a soldier turned student

Meet one of the new authors of our ongoing “Ask a North Korean” feature

Ask a North Korean: Introducing Mina, a soldier turned student
NK News
NK News September 11, 2013
Top 5 Similarities between North and South Korea

Top 5 Similarities between North and South Korea

What are the main similarities (and differences) between life in the two Koreas?

Top 5 Similarities between North and South Korea
Jae Young Kim
Jae Young Kim February 11, 2013
People Who Don’t Like The Mass Games Are Weird

People Who Don’t Like The Mass Games Are Weird

Did you ever practice for mass dance events like Arirang and what was the training process like?

People Who Don’t Like The Mass Games Are Weird
Jae Young Kim
Jae Young Kim January 21, 2013
How We Survived On The North Korean Farm

How We Survived On The North Korean Farm

Ask a North Korean: What is life like in the North Korean countryside?

How We Survived On The North Korean Farm
Jae Young Kim
Jae Young Kim January 11, 2013
My Winter Holidays In North Korea

My Winter Holidays In North Korea

Just because it's cold, it doesn't stop us partying, eating, singing and dancing for the DPRK's New Year celebrations.

My Winter Holidays In North Korea
Jae Young Kim
Jae Young Kim January 1, 2013