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Joseph Torigian: How Xi Jinping’s father rebuilt China-North Korea ties
Scholar examines Xi Zhongxun’s delicate diplomacy with Pyongyang and how that pivotal period shapes relations today
Book review: ‘Reading North Korea’ reveals power of watching Pyongyang’s words
Isozaki Atsuhito argues that DPRK propaganda remains one of the most reliable tools for understanding the regime
North Korea debuts a new line: Demonizing South Koreans, not just their leaders
Kim Yo Jong blames ROK people for North Korea policies, breaking from practice of portraying them as ‘oppressed’
Tycho van der Hoog: North Korea’s forgotten allies in Africa
Scholar traces the DPRK’s enduring influence on continent thanks to support for liberation movements, monuments and more
Adrian Buzo, Australian diplomat in Pyongyang and Korea scholar, dies at 77
Buzo helped open, and later close, Canberra’s embassy in North Korea, going on to author key works of DPRK scholarship
North Korea celebrates Kim Il Sung on Liberation Day, downplaying Soviet role
An in-depth analysis of Kim Jong Un’s activities to mark holiday, an anti-unification animation and a new ice rink
Postage propaganda: The pro-Soviet stamps North Korea wants the world to forget
State media has scrubbed mention of 1950 stamps with Soviet flag, recasting liberation as only Kim Il Sung’s achievement
Kornel Chang: How Korea’s liberation led to division into North and South
Historian discusses US and Soviet control during 1945-50, land reforms in the DPRK and migration across 38th parallel
How South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung could revive US-North Korea talks
Historian John Delury revisits the 2018-19 summitry and explores why another round of diplomacy won’t look the same
Chinese envoy joins North Korean event for war holiday after skipping last year
Wang Yajun spotted at concert for veterans of Korean War, as Kim Jong Un visits China-DPRK friendship tower in capital
