History
Information related to North Korean history
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
DPRK history: the 170mm self-propelled gun in the Iran-Iraq War
Only combat use of North Korea’s exclusive weapon and its subsequent capture
From hero to zero: North Korea’s failure in Yanbian
Economic decline, Southern culture explain North's gradual loss of appeal to provincial residents of Korean origin
Forgotten allies: North Korea and Madagascar
Pyongyang long ago severed ties with much of the world, but legacy lives on in Madagascar
Striking black gold: How North Koreans became coal entrepreneurs
Coal is relatively easy to produce, so business-state partnerships have turned profits
A Russian crosses the line: A different kind of North Korean defection
1984 incident remains one of most bloody in history of two Koreas’ only meeting point
Hong Gil-dong: Korean classics on North Korean screens
Adapting classic folk tales using Juche-approved themes placed filmmakers in awkward positions
The good things in North Korea
Taking a moment to recognize good art, good scholarship and good people
‘Owning’ a home in North Korea
Residency rights and restrictions on moving means one all but owns the place
Kim Il Sung and the communist rumor mill
How the Soviets tried to win the North Korean leader’s support by hurting his feelings
