April 19, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steven Denney

Steven Denney

Steven Denney is an assistant professor at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University. He is also a senior editor for SinoNK.com and a non-resident fellow at the Innovation Policy Lab, University of Toronto.

Opinion

Friendship and family networks are key to getting outside info to North Koreans

Autocratic regimes atomize communities and increase suspicion, but some spaces are safer for sharing illicit info

Peter WardPeter Ward | Steven DenneyMarch 13, 2023
Analysis

From hero to zero: North Korea’s failure in Yanbian

Economic decline, Southern culture explain North's gradual loss of appeal to provincial residents of Korean origin