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Is North Korea’s State Ideology, Juche(주체), a Religion?

According to Adherents.com, which tracks membership numbers among the world’s various religions, the 10th largest religious group in the world is the entire state of North Korea itself – namely, the Juche (주체) ideology coined by Eternal President Kim Il-sung and propagated through the DPRK’s propaganda machine. The Juche movement is much more overtly religious […]

United States Military Dispatches B-2 Bombers to South Korea Amid Tensions with the DPRK

The United States military has sent two nuclear capable B-2 bombers on a training mission to the Republic of Korea (RoK) amid threats from Pyongyang of an imminent nuclear war. In an official announcement, the United States armed forces reported that they flew two stealth bombers from United States bases in Japan to drop munitions […]

Department Store Shopping in North Korea: Propaganda Video Gives Viewers a Glimpse of the High Life in the DPRK Capital Pyongyang (평양)

Stories about North Korea often focus on the hardships endured by its people. Whether it is from famine or persecution, deprivation or political oppression, rarely does a bright light shine out of North Korea. This is perhaps because what few bright lights there are in North Korea mainly glow in Pyongyang (평양), where it seems most, if any, perks to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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The Rise of South Korea: How Economic Success is Transforming the Republic of Korea into Asia’s Newest Power Broker

The Economy of South Korea: How the “Miracle on the Han” Transformed the Republic of Korea into an Economic Superpower South Korea’s chaebol: Economy at a crossroads – Counting the Cost from Al Jazeera English The rise of the Republic of Korea’s economy has placed South Korea on the world map as a leader in […]

North Korea Rattles Its Saber at South Korea Over Wargames.

South Korea’s staging of wargames exercises on Yeonpyeong Island one year after the North’s artillery bombardment of the island has provoked the belligerent hermit state to issue a threat of a “sea of fire” upon the South if it does not cease its provocative exercises immediately. The attack on Yeonpyeong Island over one year ago […]