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N. Korea quarantines suspected coronavirus cases in Sinuiju

Following the broadcast of a North Korean health ministry official discussing the symptoms of the Wuhan coronavirus on state television on Jan. 21, North...

Tell It Like It Is – Interview with Leon Sigal

The news of a possible nuclear connection between North Korea and Syria is “complete nonsense,” asserts Leon Sigal, North-South Korea expert with the U.S....

Interview: Ha Tae Kyung on potential for government-backed civilian broadcasts to NK

The following is a transcript of Unification Media Group's recent interview (video available in Korean above) with Saenuri Party lawmaker Ha Tae Kyung.Unification Media...

Interview with a Former Participant of Mass Games

President Roh viewed the Arirang Performance on the 3rd of October during the Summit in Pyongyang. Arirang has been arousing criticism because of harsh...

Interview with Victor Cha: Economic Cooperation Will Be Used as a Reward for N....

Washington D.C. -- In light of the Six Party talks in Beijing and the Inter-Korea Summit Talks, which concluded with a peace declaration, the...

The Conditions of Commitment – Interview with Senior Researcher Bruce Klingner

Washington D.C. -- “There is such a wide gap between the perception in the U.S. of what North Korea has to do and what...
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Three North Koreans provide a glimpse of North Korea’s worsening economic situation

North Koreans have recently begun facing a worsening economic situation, evidenced by reports that people are starving to death even within the country's major...

Interview Transcript: Bruce Klingner

The following is an abridged transcript of the interview with Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia at The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies...

An Interview with the Chairman of NKnet, Yoo Se Hee

Yoo Se Hee, Chairman of the Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights (NKnet) comments on Lee Myung Bak's administration's future policies toward...
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Life in Pyongyang through the perspective of those who live there

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's focus recently has been on his country's capital city of Pyongyang. Kim, during a Politburo meeting held last month,...

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