Love in the gulag: The disappearance of Cho Myong-gil
An extraordinary Soviet secret document has recently surfaced in Germany, shedding light on a fascinating figure buried deep within history’s shadows. Titled “An Alphabetical...
The death of N. Korea’s first chief of staff, Kang Kon (1918-1950)
The sudden death of a high-ranking military commander is an event that inevitably captures the attention of both contemporaries and historians. Recently, the world...
What do Russian and North Korean leaders expect to get out of their summit?
Ahead of his planned visit to North Korea on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would work with North Korea to develop a...
The truth behind Kim Jong Un’s “anti-reunification” policy
In January 2024, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a major shift in state ideology. Since the division of the Korean peninsula in...
Kim Jong Un has weaponized South Korea’s own name against unification
December 2023 to January 2024 saw the biggest ideological change in North Korea in half a century. The country, which since its inception has...
The foreign origins of the word “suryong”
Anyone interested in North Korea will have frequently come across the word "suryong." That's because it's the title used by North Korea's leaders, particularly...
Could a Wagner-style rebellion happen in North Korea?
Views expressed in this guest column do not necessarily reflect those of Daily NKLast week, the whole world watched with bated breath as an attempted military coup...
Looking to Soviet history for clues on North Korea’s future
On August 30, 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev passed away. In my estimation, there are few people who could claim to have influenced history as much...
Tracing the real birthplace of North Korea’s Kim Il Sung
An aspect of the life of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung that researchers often find inaccessible is the man’s childhood.
Not only Kim’s behavior...
The ebbs and flows of former N. Korean first lady Kim Song Ae
All narratives about the Kim dynasty in North Korea only focus on its four most infamous members, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jung Suk, Kim...
