Tag: ideology
N. Korean lectures emphasize necessity of nuclear weapons for happiness of...
Recent lectures for officials at major regional universities was based on material explaining the reasons for North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and missiles...
N. Korea’s monitoring of political tendencies won’t work
In late April, North Korea’s ruling party ordered all organizations to place the highest priority on monitoring trends among the general public, and among...
N. Korea is mysteriously delaying its constitutional amendment
Some four months have passed since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asserted that two states exist on the Korean Peninsula, denying the concept...
Young N. Koreans question why the state demands absolute loyalty
North Korea organized a second training seminar for party officials in charge of propaganda at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang from Apr....
N. Korean police crack down on non-socialist behavior on trains
The North Korean police have been deploying special teams to crackdown on illegal behavior on trains traveling between Pyongyang and other cities. In particular,...
S. Pyongan Province inspects farms tasked with providing raw materials for...
At the beginning of April, North Korean authorities carried out a two-week inspection of farms in South Pyongan Province that supply raw materials to...
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...
