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From POW to Saint? Father Kapaun’s long, silent night in North Korea

From POW to Saint? Father Kapaun’s long, silent night in North Korea

The Czech-American priest could be the first Saint to emerge from the Korean War

From POW to Saint? Father Kapaun’s long, silent night in North Korea
Dennis P. Halpin
Dennis P. Halpin December 27, 2016
Five years of Kim Jong Un: Are human rights getting worse?

Five years of Kim Jong Un: Are human rights getting worse?

In the fifth part of a six-part series, experts assess North Korea's continued human rights issues

Five years of Kim Jong Un: Are human rights getting worse?
NK News
NK News December 23, 2016
North Korea’s flood recovery: Tracking construction and rehousing
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North Korea’s flood recovery: Tracking construction and rehousing

Construction in key regions largely complete in November as in-country organizations assess housing

North Korea’s flood recovery: Tracking construction and rehousing
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald December 21, 2016
North Korea’s flood recovery: Tracking construction and rehousing

North Korea’s flood recovery: Tracking construction and rehousing

Construction in key regions largely complete in November as in-country organizations assess housing

North Korea’s flood recovery: Tracking construction and rehousing
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald December 21, 2016
Make no mistake: North Korea is a state-level crime family

Make no mistake: North Korea is a state-level crime family

The difference between the Kim dynasty and the Godfather family is merely one of scale

Make no mistake: North Korea is a state-level crime family
Robert E. McCoy
Robert E. McCoy December 9, 2016
Aid from the enemy: American and S. Korean NGOs in the DPRK

Aid from the enemy: American and S. Korean NGOs in the DPRK

For N. Korea, desperate need for help often trumps ideology

Aid from the enemy: American and S. Korean NGOs in the DPRK
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings December 6, 2016
Spy games: The North Korean intelligence services and organized crime
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Spy games: The North Korean intelligence services and organized crime

Western intelligence agencies increasingly need to adapt to an opponent that operates unconventionally and, at times, erratically

Spy games: The North Korean intelligence services and organized crime
Stephan Blancke December 2, 2016
What’s getting into North Korea and why does it matter?
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What’s getting into North Korea and why does it matter?

In the second part of a series, we examine the goods making their way into the DPRK

What’s getting into North Korea and why does it matter?
Jieun Baek
Jieun Baek November 23, 2016
Family of abducted Thai woman battle secrecy, politics in 40-year manhunt

Family of abducted Thai woman battle secrecy, politics in 40-year manhunt

Decades on, many are convinced Anocha Panjoy is still alive in North Korea

Family of abducted Thai woman battle secrecy, politics in 40-year manhunt
Clive Parker November 22, 2016
How the Zainichi Koreans adjusted to life in North Korea

How the Zainichi Koreans adjusted to life in North Korea

How the promise of a socialist paradise turned into bitter disappointment

How the Zainichi Koreans adjusted to life in North Korea
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov November 7, 2016