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The strange case of the Japanese man who chose to stay in North Korea
Captured decades ago, Takeshi Terakoshi still lives in Pyongyang with his North Korean wife and kids
August 19, 2021
Documenting North Korea’s unsolved mysteries and unguarded moments of daily life
Re-released documentaries pull back curtain on 1966 World Cup team, Mass Games performers and Americans in Pyongyang
July 12, 2021
New film about North Korean abductions striking an emotional chord in Japan
“We can’t let our human rights be stolen” -- Film’s director discusses his motivations for making "The Pledge to Megumi"
March 9, 2021
New documentary tackles the assassination of Kim Jong Un’s half-brother
"Assassins" tells the story of how North Korea tricked two women into killing Kim Jong Nam
February 8, 2021
‘Laugh, cry and be angry’: New film depicts life in North Korea’s prison camps
"True North" retells the horrors of North Korean human rights abuses through narrative fiction and animation
November 15, 2020
Why North Korea will be a chronic headache for Japan’s new prime minister
The future of Japan-DPRK relations are uncertain in a post-Abe era and experts say Suga has little leverage to work with
September 24, 2020
The giant’s miniature garden: Masayuki Aramaki’s Pyongyang odyssey
The Japanese filmmaker has been to North Korea 35 times, meticulously capturing daily life. Why does he keep going back?
March 12, 2020
A North Korean school of rock: teaching heavy metal to Pyongyang school girls
Funky Sueyoshi reflects on his time at the June 9th school — and whether music could ever inspire change in the DPRK
January 8, 2020
From North Carolina to North Korea and beyond: meeting a U.S. defector in Japan
Charles Robert Jenkins spent 39 years in the DPRK, working as everything from translator to silver screen star
November 27, 2019
