A Measure of Cultural Diplomacy

Mixed reactions from the international press regarding the New York Philharmonic’s performance in Pyongyang on the 28th have called into question the effectiveness of...

Lee Myung Bak’s Proper First Step

Lee Myung Bak became the 17th President of the Republic of Korea on February 25. The new administration’s motto is “pragmatism.” With pragmatism comes a...

North Korean Youths Are Getting Liberal

North Korea’s primary institutions of social control and socialization are neither the army nor the party but extra-governmental bodies such as Kim Il Sung...

A Scuffle Between Safety Agents and Middle School Students

Middle School students in Hamheung, South Hamkyung province were caught producing methamphetamine reported Good Friends, a Seoul-based NGO dedicated to North Korean humanitarian issues....

New York Philharmonic Thrilled Pyongyang Citizens

The New York Philharmonic performed the U.S. national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner” in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Led by Lorin Maazel,...

North Korea Criticizes the US during the New York Philharmonic Performance

The Japanese Mainichi newspaper reported on the 27th that North Korea’s state-operated radio broadcast gave the following criticism during the New York Philharmonic’s performance,...

Requests for the New Administration

In anticipation of the first significant changes in North Korea policy in ten years that is promised to come with the new administration, experts...

“Kim Pyong Il Receives Travel Restriction in Poland”

Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on the 25th that Kim Jong Il's younger half-brother Kim Pyong Il, the North Korean ambassador to Poland, received...

Hope New York Philharmonic’s Performance Is a Nice Little Present for North Korean People

In August 2005, Cho Yong Phil (one of the most well-known and prominent singers of South Korea) performed a solo concert at Ryukyung Chung...

A Safety Agent Was Executed for Covering up a Drug Case

Yanji, China -- It is reported that the inspector-director of the Hamheung People’s Safety Agency of South Hamkyung Province was executed on January 10...

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