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Beijing and Washington Announce ‘Strong Consensus’ About North Korea

Pyongyang may have alienated its strongest regional ally with its announcement of further nuclear tests, specifically directed at its avowed enemy the United States. An announcement by Glyn Davies, Washington’s special envoy for policy on North Korea, declared that a ‘strong consensus’ was reached with his PRC counterparts. In a meeting Friday, January 25 […]

Kim Jong-il on Display at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, North Korea

In line with a communist tradition established after the death of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union and influential Marxist philosopher, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will place Dear Leader Kim Jong-il’s embalmed figure on display alongside that of his father, Eternal President Kim Il-sung. It is unknown if the Kumsusan Palace […]

Google Shows Details of North Korea’s Kwan-li-so (관리소) Labor Camps on Google Maps

Internet-search and tech giant Google is known worldwide for its comprehensive maps, compiled using a variety of methods in order to make the physical world as navigable as the ethereal world of the internet. Now, Google’s tech is being used to compile, identify, and make available to the world the locations of North Korea’s greatest horrors: […]

Will China Prevent Korean Reunification?

A recent report by a United States Senate Republican committee speculates that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) could prevent any potential reunification of North Korea and South Korea in the event that the Kim family is thrown out of power or the government of the DPRK collapses. Of course, such a scenario is not entirely implausible […]

The Spectre of Juche: Is North Korea Capable of True Reform?

As his first year as Supreme Leader concludes, analysts have an overall mixed reaction to Kim Jong-un’s style of leadership. Promises of economic reform, innovations in propaganda that has made it more outward facing in nature, and the introduction of a first family with his marriage to Ri Sol-ju are just three of the highlights of the newest Kim’s first year. While the […]

North Korea Optimistic About Improving Relations with the Republic of Korea and the United States After Comments by Newly Elected South Korean President Park Chung-hee

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea expressed optimism after comments from newly elected South Korean President Park Chung-hee indicated a willingness on the part of the Republic of Korea to engage in talks and closer diplomatic relations with its northern neighbor. After her election to the presidency, Park has announced she will pursue a more aggressive […]

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Tests Long-Range Ballistic Missile According to South Korea and Japan

The defense ministries of Japan and South Korea report that they have detected a long-range rocket launch out of North Korea, bringing to a close days of speculation as to when the North would fire off its latest controversial test rocket, likely ratcheting up tensions and pressure on concerned parties to reign in the North’s […]

Documentary Video Inside North Korea – The World’s Most Secretive State

This documentary video takes the viewer inside of one of the world’s most repressive regimes. While internationally North Korea is known for bringing relations between it and the South to the brink, among human rights workers it is the most brutal regime on Earth. Individuality, freedom of expression, religion, or any basic human rights are […]

Pak Jong Suk’s Unlikey Odyssey: One Defector’s Journey from North Korea to South Korea and Back Again

Rarely does a defector from the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea return to the North, but the case of Pak Jong Suk is a curious one: Having defected from the North in 2006, Pak has returned from South Korea to the DPRK a propaganda star for the regime. The 66-year old returnee is described […]

The Yellow Sea between North and South Korea

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South Korean Navy Fires Warning Shots at North Korean Fishermen

The South Korean Navy has reported that it has fired warning shots at North Korean fishermen who wandered into South Korean territorial waters in the Yellow Sea. None of the shots fired hit any of the boats and all of the fishermen retreated back into North Korean sovereign territory. Confrontations between the North and the South […]