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No joke: North Koreans don’t fully understand the ridicule

No joke: North Koreans don’t fully understand the ridicule

Language barriers, propaganda and harsh realities keep barbs from 'The Interview' and 'Team America' from sinking in

No joke: North Koreans don’t fully understand the ridicule
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov March 10, 2015
Studying abroad with your family held hostage

Studying abroad with your family held hostage

Few North Koreans can go to foreign countries at all, and those who do leave family behind as leverage

Studying abroad with your family held hostage
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung March 5, 2015
North Korean TV uploads first HD footage, including archives of Kim Jong Il

North Korean TV uploads first HD footage, including archives of Kim Jong Il

Rare archive HD footage shows Kim Jong Il visiting TV studios

North Korean TV uploads first HD footage, including archives of Kim Jong Il
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll March 4, 2015
Riding the tiger of nationalism in North Korea

Riding the tiger of nationalism in North Korea

How did the North Korean leadership muzzle the tiger that Ceausescu could not control?

Riding the tiger of nationalism in North Korea
Balazs Szalontai
Balazs Szalontai March 3, 2015
Is no news good news in North Korea?

Is no news good news in North Korea?

Northerners are blocked from exposure to international news, even in the black market

Is no news good news in North Korea?
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung February 26, 2015
When divided Koreas meant box office bonanza

When divided Koreas meant box office bonanza

As inter-Korean ties thawed, films with reconciliation themes boomed south of the DMZ

When divided Koreas meant box office bonanza
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi February 26, 2015
North Korea’s Kim family cult: Roots in Japanese state Shinto?

North Korea’s Kim family cult: Roots in Japanese state Shinto?

One finds greater parity between Juche, Imperial Japan than communist Russia or China

North Korea’s Kim family cult: Roots in Japanese state Shinto?
Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin February 19, 2015
‘The Interview’ from a North Korean’s perspective

‘The Interview’ from a North Korean’s perspective

Controversial movie is juvenile, offensive and likely to turn North Koreans against U.S.

‘The Interview’ from a North Korean’s perspective
Je Son Lee
Je Son Lee February 18, 2015
Unification-pop: When South Korean singers looked North for inspiration

Unification-pop: When South Korean singers looked North for inspiration

K-pop wasn't always about leggy girls, broken hearts or the streets of Gangnam

Unification-pop: When South Korean singers looked North for inspiration
Subin Kim
Subin Kim February 13, 2015
Why Kim doesn’t love Hitler, and why this matters

Why Kim doesn’t love Hitler, and why this matters

Crude rumors to demonize Pyongyang will backfire, and will ultimately strengthen the regime

Why Kim doesn’t love Hitler, and why this matters
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy February 11, 2015