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North Korea: The house that Mao helped to build

North Korea: The house that Mao helped to build

Many of North Korea's worst excesses derive from its Maoist roots

North Korea: The house that Mao helped to build
Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin November 2, 2016
“Martyr”: Reverend Kim and the family that sued North Korea

“Martyr”: Reverend Kim and the family that sued North Korea

The death of a priest in a prison camp remains a tragic example of missionary work gone wrong

“Martyr”: Reverend Kim and the family that sued North Korea
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham October 26, 2016
Promised land? The Zainichi Korean exodus to North Korea

Promised land? The Zainichi Korean exodus to North Korea

Great emigration driven by discrimination in Japan and belief in communism - but they were deceived

Promised land? The Zainichi Korean exodus to North Korea
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov October 24, 2016
Why thousands of Japanese-Koreans left for new lives in North Korea

Why thousands of Japanese-Koreans left for new lives in North Korea

The strange history of Chongryon and the mass exodus to the DPRK

Why thousands of Japanese-Koreans left for new lives in North Korea
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov October 18, 2016
Crossing the line: Responding to North Korean provocation

Crossing the line: Responding to North Korean provocation

A new book examines how the DPRK gets away with its over-the-top behavior

Crossing the line: Responding to North Korean provocation
Rob York
Rob York September 26, 2016
Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film

Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film

North Korean films extol the virtues of marrying as a duty to the state

Song’un Cinema: Love and militarism in N. Korean film
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko September 23, 2016
How Stalinism built North Korea’s command economy

How Stalinism built North Korea’s command economy

Despite its idiosyncratic system, the DPRK economy is built on classically Soviet ground

How Stalinism built North Korea’s command economy
Peter Ward
Peter Ward September 7, 2016
The DPRK economy and its laws #3: Are inter-Korean agreements dead or alive?
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The DPRK economy and its laws #3: Are inter-Korean agreements dead or alive?

While inter-Korean relations are on ice, important agreements not yet torn up

The DPRK economy and its laws #3: Are inter-Korean agreements dead or alive?
Tristan Webb
Tristan Webb August 30, 2016
North Korea’s youth congress: Proper purpose or dangerous deception?

North Korea’s youth congress: Proper purpose or dangerous deception?

Defector, experts reveal Illusion of North Korea’s youth policies

North Korea’s youth congress: Proper purpose or dangerous deception?
Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji August 24, 2016
North Korea and the Olympic Games

North Korea and the Olympic Games

North Korea has a complex history with the Olympic Games but performances remain impressive

North Korea and the Olympic Games
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy August 22, 2016
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