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North Korea’s drone and artillery test site, revealed

North Korea’s drone and artillery test site, revealed

Using satellite imagery, Curtis Melvin identifies huge artillery targets carved into sides of mountains

North Korea’s drone and artillery test site, revealed
Curtis Melvin
Curtis Melvin May 7, 2013
The Women of North Korea: Mothers and Market Leaders

The Women of North Korea: Mothers and Market Leaders

What circumstances led women to become the drivers of North Korea's market economy?

The Women of North Korea: Mothers and Market Leaders
Gianluca Spezza
Gianluca Spezza April 24, 2013
A Day That Would Change Korea’s Future: The Birth Of Kim Il Sung

A Day That Would Change Korea’s Future: The Birth Of Kim Il Sung

On the 101 anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth, Brandon K. Gauthier looks back to a day that would go on to change the future of the peninsula

A Day That Would Change Korea’s Future: The Birth Of Kim Il Sung
Brandon K. Gauthier
Brandon K. Gauthier April 15, 2013
An Outsider’s Perspective: A War of Minds and Perception on the Korean Peninsula

An Outsider’s Perspective: A War of Minds and Perception on the Korean Peninsula

"If we don’t take Kim Jong Un at his word then we may be throwing away a valuable perspective on his intent"

An Outsider’s Perspective: A War of Minds and Perception on the Korean Peninsula
NK News
NK News April 11, 2013
Andrei Lankov on Reform & Foreign Perspectives of North Korea

Andrei Lankov on Reform & Foreign Perspectives of North Korea

In part two of extended interview, Lankov talks about prospects for reform and foreign views of North Korea

Andrei Lankov on Reform & Foreign Perspectives of North Korea
Subin Kim
Subin Kim April 11, 2013
What To Make Of Pyongyang’s Recent Political meetings?

What To Make Of Pyongyang’s Recent Political meetings?

Reading Tea Leaves: The Central Committee and Plenum and the Supreme People’s Assembly

What To Make Of Pyongyang’s Recent Political meetings?
NK News
NK News April 5, 2013
Young, Reckless Leaders: History Repeats Itself in North Korea

Young, Reckless Leaders: History Repeats Itself in North Korea

Former philosophy student of Kim Il Sung university reveals the similarities between contemporary inter-Korean tensions and those during the 1970s

Young, Reckless Leaders: History Repeats Itself in North Korea
NK News
NK News April 1, 2013
Why North Korea Keeps On Raising Peninsula Tensions

Why North Korea Keeps On Raising Peninsula Tensions

6 Reasons why North Korea keeps on escalating the situation

Why North Korea Keeps On Raising Peninsula Tensions
NK News
NK News March 30, 2013
Seoul’s Pyongyang Baby Obsession: Is Kim Jong Un a Dad?

Seoul’s Pyongyang Baby Obsession: Is Kim Jong Un a Dad?

South Korean media speculates that Ri Sol Ju, wife of Kim Jong Un, may have already given birth

Seoul’s Pyongyang Baby Obsession: Is Kim Jong Un a Dad?
Darcie Draudt
Darcie Draudt March 14, 2013
Ri Sol Ju Goes Viral: What Social Media Reveal about North Korea’s First Lady

Ri Sol Ju Goes Viral: What Social Media Reveal about North Korea’s First Lady

What does the South Korean internet think about Kim Jong Un's infamous wife, Ri Sol Ju?

Ri Sol Ju Goes Viral: What Social Media Reveal about North Korea’s First Lady
SINO-NK March 12, 2013