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How North Korean TV covered the Kim-Trump summit – Tuesday

How North Korean TV covered the Kim-Trump summit – Tuesday

With no footage of Kim Jong Un's arrival to air, KCTV took to the streets of Pyongyang

How North Korean TV covered the Kim-Trump summit – Tuesday
Martyn Williams
Martyn Williams February 26, 2019
How North Korean TV covered the Kim-Trump summit – Monday

How North Korean TV covered the Kim-Trump summit – Monday

With Kim Jong Un still on his way to Vietnam, state TV opted for programming-as-usual

How North Korean TV covered the Kim-Trump summit – Monday
Martyn Williams
Martyn Williams February 25, 2019
Like father, like son: a train journey across Siberia with Kim Jong Il

Like father, like son: a train journey across Siberia with Kim Jong Il

Former Russian diplomat Georgy Toloraya remembers the late leader's long-distance rail travel

Like father, like son: a train journey across Siberia with Kim Jong Il
Georgy Toloraya
Georgy Toloraya February 24, 2019
How North Korean TV covered the Kim-Trump summit – Sunday

How North Korean TV covered the Kim-Trump summit – Sunday

DPRK state media kicked off a week of coverage in typical style

How North Korean TV covered the Kim-Trump summit – Sunday
Martyn Williams
Martyn Williams February 24, 2019
Why, at the second Kim-Trump summit, optics could matter just as much as outcomes

Why, at the second Kim-Trump summit, optics could matter just as much as outcomes

For two such image-conscious leaders, the photo-ops are just as important as the joint statement

Why, at the second Kim-Trump summit, optics could matter just as much as outcomes
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham February 22, 2019
Guitar Hero and Google Maps, DPRK style: a closer look at some North Korean apps

Guitar Hero and Google Maps, DPRK style: a closer look at some North Korean apps

From getting directions around town to playing music, here's what to buy at a Pyongyang app store

Guitar Hero and Google Maps, DPRK style: a closer look at some North Korean apps
Alek Sigley
Alek Sigley February 15, 2019
South Korea has approved 1000 private inter-Korean contacts since May 2017: MOU

South Korea has approved 1000 private inter-Korean contacts since May 2017: MOU

Just over half of permissions granted to civic groups, only two given for family reunions

South Korea has approved 1000 private inter-Korean contacts since May 2017: MOU
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji February 13, 2019
What to buy inside a North Korean app store

What to buy inside a North Korean app store

From video games to language learning, Pyongyangites increasingly have plenty of choices

What to buy inside a North Korean app store
Alek Sigley
Alek Sigley February 1, 2019
Music, diplomacy, and dictatorship: North Korean concerts in Beijing

Music, diplomacy, and dictatorship: North Korean concerts in Beijing

More important than the optics were the meetings that took place on the sidelines

Music, diplomacy, and dictatorship: North Korean concerts in Beijing
Adam Cathcart
Adam Cathcart January 31, 2019
Socialism with a human face? North Korea’s brief, but impactful, cultural “thaw”

Socialism with a human face? North Korea’s brief, but impactful, cultural “thaw”

DPRK official culture in the 1980s sought to encourage citizens to be more empathetic

Socialism with a human face? North Korea’s brief, but impactful, cultural “thaw”
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko January 28, 2019