Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Author at Daily NK English

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Completion of the First Doll Factory

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - December 24, 2007

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“No Dolls in the People’s Republic”

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - November 5, 2007

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A Year in Waiting for Steel Plates

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - September 19, 2007

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Efforts to Reunite Separated North Korean Families by Korean-Americans

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - July 26, 2007

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North Korea’s Docks a Forge

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - July 13, 2007

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“Competition is American imperialists’ way!”

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - February 2, 2007

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Pro-NK Korean Americans Striving to Get Accepted by N. Korea

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - December 8, 2006

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Building Pro-NK Organization in America

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - November 14, 2006

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Meeting with a Korean-Japanese Business Woman

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - October 17, 2006

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Scheming to Build Walls with Our Cement? …Not For Sale!

Kim Chan Ku, Researcher in the Institute for Far Eastern Studies - October 8, 2006

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