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North Korea’s 42 ton black-market alcohol imports in Pakistan
Ben Young looks at the DPRK’s involvement in the black-market alcohol trade
How North Korea has been arming Palestinian militants for decades
Pyongyang's sole focus on survival virtually ensures North Korean weapons will continue to be found in the hands of those bent on Israel’s destruction
Kim Jong Il’s unlikely Maltese mentor & a secret military agreement
Kim Jong Il spent a year learning English in former British colony Malta
Why is North Korea called the DPRK?
Name dates back to series of 'people's republics' dubbed by the Soviet Union
New ski resort echoes North Korea’s ’88 Olympics bid
IOC rules forbid co-hosting, making Pyongyang’s co-hosting dreams unlikely to work
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
Christmas and New Year’s in North Korea
While Christmas officially ignored, New Years marks big date in North Korea
North Korea: Opponents of Apartheid
DPRK, South Africa remain friendly despite latter's push for denuclearization
Meet the man who saved Kim Il Sung’s life
Meet Yakov Novichenko, the only foreigner with a personality cult in North Korea
The German Neo-Nazi fascination with North Korea
Lesser-known Strasserite Nazi faction key to understanding admiration for Pyongyang