North Korea’s changing marriage culture…a choice not of love?
Marriage culture in North Korea is reportedly undergoing noticeable changes. While relationships across class lines have existed in the past, it is now common for...
Warm up the ordinary people of North Korea, not the unyielding, self-absorbed elite
In Aesop’s The North Wind and the Sun, the two characters quarrel over who is stronger. A timely traveller, wrapped in a cloak, appears on...
When the U.S. steps in, North Korea listens and learns
On June 22nd, 2025, the U.S. military, authorized by Donald Trump, dropped multiple GBU-57 bombs on three of Iran's key nuclear facilities: The Nantanz Nuclear...
North Korea’s embrace of the two-state theory a political death sentence for defectors
When U.S. President Donald Trump said he “gets along well with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader instantly fired back, calling the U.S. “a gangster...
North Korea condemns U.S. human rights offensive in public lectures
The government in North Korea has reportedly launched an ideological offensive in the form of public lectures targeting factory workers and residents, claiming there is...
Soldiers killed in Russia honored as ‘Hero of the Republic’… Families relocated to Pyongyang
North Korea has reportedly awarded its highest honor, the “Hero of the Republic,” to several soldiers who died in combat in the Russian war with...
A victory for America, Israel, and the Republic of Korea … in the Middle East and in Washington
The new leftist administration of President Lee Jae-myung, which is causing concerns in Washington for his independent (non-values based) foreign policy proclivities, seems to be...
The race for long-range missiles between Japan and North Korea
Eastern Asia is witnessing a military buildup not seen since the aftermath of WWII. North Korea is becoming an ever greater rogue regime, with increasing...
What fate awaits North Korean soldiers returning from the war with Ukraine?
When North Korea broke its silence and acknowledged back on April 28 that its troops were fighting for Russia in the war with Ukraine, media...
The myth of the “genuinely and primarily nationalist” communist leaders Kim Il-sung and Mao Zedong
Korea's March 1, 1919, protest movement, like China's May 4, 1919 movement, gave voice and impetus to a growing sense of nationalism, in the modern...
The problem of anxiety inherent in capitalism
Why must capitalism lead to prosperity? Why must socialism lead to poverty? These were questions I had long before leaving North Korea. I suspect many...
Who are the rural hospitals really being built for?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently inspected a rural hospital construction site and praised the project as “a great revolution in the backward health sector.” ...
What happens when cinema loses its freedom
Films have a great influence on our lives, whether we realize it or not. I can show this through my own life. If it weren’t...