History
Information related to North Korean history
Comic inconsistency: North Korean explanations of high-profile defections
Bungling of defection explanation consistent with North Korean historical record
What is marketization and when did it begin in North Korea?
Late '70s reform in foreign trade sector one of the earliest catalysts for marketization
Mountain carving: The power of North Korea’s political slogans
Slogans are one of the most ubiquitous forms of propaganda in the DPRK
Kim Jong Il: The man who brought love to North Korea’s silver screen
Romance in movies and books was strictly prohibited under leadership of Kim Il Sung
Propaganda starts early: North Korea’s cruel and crude cartoons
While Kim family is absent in N.Korean cartoons, propaganda can still be found aplenty
No sex please, we’re in a North Korean movie
Far from revolutionary, cinema and lit in Kim Il Sung’s time was extremely conservative with romance
Four North Koreans’ great Bulgarian escape
For 4 exchange students in Eastern Europe, de-Stalinization was not just an intellectual challenge
Strategic patience, critical engagement, and boredom: My Korean saga
After watching 40 years, I no longer see much of a reason to be hopeful for a break in the deadlock
Ethnic Koreans in China not bound to N.Korea
Younger generation in Yanbian Autonomous Region well aware of South Korean wave
The Kim family’s code of silence: Speaking up can be dangerous
Speaking out, as some of Kim Jong Un's family members recently did, can cost people their lives
