Tag: ideology
Experts are guiding the U.S. to the wrong policy on North...
Distinguished North Korea experts Jeffrey Lewis, in 2022, followed by John Delury, in 2024, published articles of the same tone in the New York...
What N. Korea gains – and loses – through its new...
There were more inter-Korean summits during the Moon Jae-in administration than at any time since the Korean Peninsula was divided. In particular, a long-awaited...
Ahead of Kim Il Sung’s birthday, N. Korea intensifies anti-American education...
Ahead of the Day of the Sun (Apr. 15, a holiday celebrating the birthday of Kim Il Sung), North Korea has ordered that the...
N. Korea’s shortage of scrap metal highlights its inefficient economic system
Kim Jong Un's ambitious 20x10 regional development plan is already running into problems. In addition to the shortage of common materials such as cement...
N. Korea’s recent firings of officials are excessive
North Korea is moving forward with an excessive level of personnel changes in a push to achieve state-led projects.
On Mar. 8, a source inside...
N. Korea conducts lectures to promote implementation of 20×10 policy
North Korea recently held lectures for provincial cadres as part of efforts to implement the regime's new "20x10 rural development policy." The lectures appear...
The tragic story of one outspoken North Korean journalist
On Jan. 1, 2012, shortly after taking power, Kim Jong Un visited the offices of Rodong Sinmun - the country's most prominent newspaper -...
N. Hwanghae Province punishes officials for failing to properly care for...
After investigating the failure of a quality control office in Hwangju County to properly store apples reserved for senior party officials, the party committee...
The impact of Kim Jong Un’s order in late 2020 to...
Before North Korea's government passed the "Reactionary Ideology and Culture Rejection Act" in December 2020, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued an order...
What’s wrong with Kim Jong Un’s new policy to promote regional...
On Jan. 15, North Korea convened the 10th Plenary Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly, where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced...
