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How the North Korean-Vietnamese friendship turned sour

How the North Korean-Vietnamese friendship turned sour

Pyongyang's self-centered behavior towards Hanoi irreparably damaged a once-close alliance

How the North Korean-Vietnamese friendship turned sour
Balazs Szalontai
Balazs Szalontai October 31, 2017
“Made in North Korea”: DPRK graphics, from candy to postcards

“Made in North Korea”: DPRK graphics, from candy to postcards

In a new book, Nicholas Bonner shares his collection of hand-drawn designs from the North

“Made in North Korea”: DPRK graphics, from candy to postcards
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji October 27, 2017
Whizzing to Oz? Australia in Kim Jong Un’s line of fire
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Whizzing to Oz? Australia in Kim Jong Un’s line of fire

Pyongyang’s latest bluster echoes unofficial threats it disowned a decade ago

Whizzing to Oz? Australia in Kim Jong Un’s line of fire
Aidan Foster-Carter
Aidan Foster-Carter October 24, 2017
Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day

Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day

Almost nothing in state accounts of the WPK's creation is truthful

Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy October 10, 2017
Comradely criticism: a brief history of Chinese-North Korean media spats

Comradely criticism: a brief history of Chinese-North Korean media spats

A recent tit-for-tat of editorials in Beijing and Pyongyang is not a new phenomenon

Comradely criticism: a brief history of Chinese-North Korean media spats
Shaquille James
Shaquille James October 5, 2017
U.S. bombers and fighters off N. Korea’s east coast: why Pyongyang didn’t react

U.S. bombers and fighters off N. Korea’s east coast: why Pyongyang didn’t react

Flying in the Sea of Japan close to the DPRK has been exceptionally hazardous in the past

U.S. bombers and fighters off N. Korea’s east coast: why Pyongyang didn’t react
Robert E. McCoy
Robert E. McCoy September 29, 2017
Labor of love: the Cheollima movement in North Korean film

Labor of love: the Cheollima movement in North Korean film

From the 1950s to the 1980s, DPRK cinema extolled the ideological benefits of hard work

Labor of love: the Cheollima movement in North Korean film
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko September 22, 2017
Bearing witness: valuable, and underrated, North Korean defector memoirs

Bearing witness: valuable, and underrated, North Korean defector memoirs

From unique insights to alleged fabrications, many accounts have been neglected by historians

Bearing witness: valuable, and underrated, North Korean defector memoirs
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy September 20, 2017
Unfortunate son: Kim Jong Nam’s radical family roots

Unfortunate son: Kim Jong Nam’s radical family roots

Kim Jong Un's late half-brother came from a family of committed communists

Unfortunate son: Kim Jong Nam’s radical family roots
Ra Jong-yil
Ra Jong-yil September 11, 2017
The meaning of North Korea’s “Foundation Day”

The meaning of North Korea’s “Foundation Day”

There is no evidence of any great event taking place on September 9

The meaning of North Korea’s “Foundation Day”
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy September 9, 2017
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