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Is North Korea a racist state?

Is North Korea a racist state?

How well does the average N.Korean retain ultra-nationalist, occasionally race-tinged propaganda?

Is North Korea a racist state?
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy March 14, 2016
Book on N.Korea’s Jang has implications for S.Korea

Book on N.Korea’s Jang has implications for S.Korea

Jang beat odds to join ruling family, but was ultimately a casualty of internal power contradictons

Book on N.Korea’s Jang has implications for S.Korea
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi March 9, 2016
Fading sunshine – Is the South Korean left’s view of North Korea changing?

Fading sunshine – Is the South Korean left’s view of North Korea changing?

Pyongyang’s recent actions test the Southern opposition’s commitment to conciliation

Fading sunshine – Is the South Korean left’s view of North Korea changing?
Peter Ward
Peter Ward March 1, 2016
The good – but not too good – Japanese of N.Korean mass culture

The good – but not too good – Japanese of N.Korean mass culture

The late 1980s saw the movement of the ‘good foreigner,’ including from Japan, in Northern works

The good – but not too good – Japanese of N.Korean mass culture
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko February 17, 2016
In Russia, selective memorials of Kim Jong Il’s true birthplace

In Russia, selective memorials of Kim Jong Il’s true birthplace

Some memories, but little official recognition, of Kim Jong Il in his birthplace

In Russia, selective memorials of Kim Jong Il’s true birthplace
NK News
NK News February 15, 2016
Prodigal Son: Will an exasperated China turn to Kim Jong Nam?

Prodigal Son: Will an exasperated China turn to Kim Jong Nam?

At what point does a fed-up Beijing look elsewhere in the Kim family to uphold its interests?

Prodigal Son: Will an exasperated China turn to Kim Jong Nam?
Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin February 14, 2016
North Korea’s nuclear force reshuffles its politics, economy

North Korea’s nuclear force reshuffles its politics, economy

KPA Strategic Force plays ever more significant role in Pyongyang’s evolving strategy

North Korea’s nuclear force reshuffles its politics, economy
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi | John G. Grisafi February 11, 2016
When N.Korea ceased to be a ‘people’s democracy’

When N.Korea ceased to be a ‘people’s democracy’

Forget the 'Democratic People's Republic' name, designed to reflect former Soviet supremacy

When N.Korea ceased to be a ‘people’s democracy’
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov February 10, 2016
North Korea’s utopian sea flavor of socialism

North Korea’s utopian sea flavor of socialism

Fisheries, ‘big hauls’ emphasis shows Pyongyang hasn’t stopped setting ambitious targets

North Korea’s utopian sea flavor of socialism
Photographing Kim Jong Un

Photographing Kim Jong Un

North Korea's leader depicted using techniques found elsewhere, but has monopoly on his image

Photographing Kim Jong Un
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi January 21, 2016
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