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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 […]

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United Nations (UN) Urges Probes of Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)

A report recently released by Navi Pillay, the United Nation’s chief human rights official, claims more than 200,000 people are incarcerated in political prison camps (kwan-li-so) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The kwan-li-so are places where torture, rape and slave labour are common. It is believed that the scale of the crimes committed in North Korea amount to crimes against humanity. Because of […]

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