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July 27, 2024

Leadership

Information related to North Korea’s leadership and leadership structures

How North Korean magazines undermined 1980’s Soviet propaganda

How North Korean magazines undermined 1980’s Soviet propaganda

The magazines, a throwback to old-school Stalinism, were widely derided by Soviet dissidents

How North Korean magazines undermined 1980’s Soviet propaganda
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young December 8, 2016
It’s time to stop trying to predict North Korea’s collapse

It’s time to stop trying to predict North Korea’s collapse

Choi Sun-sil's collapse theory was rooted in Shamanism, many analyst's predictions are just as shaky

It’s time to stop trying to predict North Korea’s collapse
Tim Beal
Tim Beal December 7, 2016
What would regime change in Pyongyang look like?

What would regime change in Pyongyang look like?

Developing a democratic government for the North will take time

What would regime change in Pyongyang look like?
Robert E. McCoy
Robert E. McCoy December 5, 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
Revolutionary Solidarity: Castro’s cozy relationship with North Korea

Revolutionary Solidarity: Castro’s cozy relationship with North Korea

The death of the iconic Cuban leader offers chance to examine his close relations with N. Korea

Revolutionary Solidarity: Castro’s cozy relationship with North Korea
Benjamin R. Young
Benjamin R. Young November 28, 2016
It’s time to stop referring to North Korea as “Confucian”

It’s time to stop referring to North Korea as “Confucian”

Those linking the Chinese philosopher with the DPRK have misunderstood both

It’s time to stop referring to North Korea as “Confucian”
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy November 24, 2016
Glasnost? The early years of culture in post-war North Korea

Glasnost? The early years of culture in post-war North Korea

How Kim Il Sung lured intellectuals to North Korea - and purged them

Glasnost? The early years of culture in post-war North Korea
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko November 10, 2016
Ask a North Korean: Guns and going hunting in North Korea

Ask a North Korean: Guns and going hunting in North Korea

Hunting is rare and heavily restricted, and the most prized animal specimens go to top brass

Ask a North Korean: Guns and going hunting in North Korea
Kim Yoo-sung
Kim Yoo-sung November 4, 2016
Young Pioneers: How Kim Jong Un wins the youth for Juche

Young Pioneers: How Kim Jong Un wins the youth for Juche

Despite information coming in from outside, the ruling party still holds the monopoly on truth

Young Pioneers: How Kim Jong Un wins the youth for Juche
Adam Cathcart
Adam Cathcart October 20, 2016
Tracking the DPRK’s intelligence operations
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Tracking the DPRK’s intelligence operations

North Korea's secret services are essential to keeping the regime in power

Tracking the DPRK’s intelligence operations
Stephan Blancke October 18, 2016