Defector Memoris and Testimonies - North Korean Defectors Looking into North Korea from Outside
 
Big Name Falls from List of Female Heroes


Oddly, Jong Song Ok, gold medal winner in the women¡¯s marathon at the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, has been excluded from a list of ¡°Our nation¡¯s praiseworthy daughters¡± released by North Korea propaganda forum Uriminzokkiri (be.. [2010-03-16 18:10]
North Korea Trying to Reverse Urbanization
The North Korean authorities are reportedly offering an incentive to city dwellers, cadres of the party apparatus and the People¡¯s Security Agency in an attempt to encourage them to move to rural areas. North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity (NKIS) recently interview.. [2010-03-10 16:55]
The Moneytocracy of North Korean Higher Education
Bribery, corruption and overweening power are ubiquitous in many areas of North Korean society, and today¡¯s universities are no different. Instead of cultivating the ability of outstanding individuals, simple materialism rules supreme, teaching that money is the so.. [2010-02-26 13:45]
No Nice Day for White Weddings in North Korea
According to the meandering ¡°Evaluation Report of the Central Committee of the Party to the 5th Convention of the Workers¡¯ Party,¡± published as part of Kim Il Sung¡¯s Selected Works, Vol. 25 by the Chosun Workers¡¯ Party Publishing House in 1983, ¡°The socialist.. [2010-02-25 17:38]
Stealing Grain for Snacks
No matter how hard farmers worked, the only thing they ended up with was debt, not least because people stole grain from the farm. After harvest, children and even old people were mobilized to glean the fields. When there was no one watching, people cut ears of ric.. [2010-02-23 10:08]
Cadre Priviliges Run Deep
In the late 1990s, after my mother left us, I lived with my father and older brother. Mother had gone across the border to make money, so father took care of us. When I was in elementary school, father worked on a farm. He was never once absent and worked very h.. [2010-02-18 14:57]
Bartering is Back in North Korea
As predicted by experts on North Korea¡¯s economy, since the authorities have yet to officially release state prices, the North Korean people are now surviving by bartering. A defector, who spoke with his family in North Hamkyung Province on Tuesday, reported the ne.. [2010-01-20 16:27]
Drug-Resistant TB on the Rise
Levels of drug-resistant tuberculosis in North Korea are on the increase, according to a prominent expert on the conditions surrounding the disease. Stephen Linton, the chairman of the Eugene Bell Foundation, announced last week that the number of patients with.. [2009-12-16 11:43]
The Hardships of a Poor Student
In the words of Kim Young Soon (27), a defector who arrived in South Korea back in February this year, "It was only military training in words; half of it was labor exploitation." Moreover, "The children of officials or affluent parents would just play at home.. [2009-12-08 05:23]
The True Story of 1992
The fourth time North Korea replaced its currency was in July, 1992. It was at a time when trading was not a regular sight in North Korean society, so we did not see much money. Only those people trading internationally in the border regions and cadres taking br.. [2009-12-03 00:56]
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