Illegal transfer of funds to North Korea and forcible repatriation of defectors: Will justice ever be served at the highest levels?
Sign up here. In 2024, when President Lee Jae-myung was leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), he was indicted over allegations...
Teenager sent home from military service after becoming pregnant
Sign up here. A teenage soldier who was 14 months into her mandatory military service has been discharged and sent home after becoming pregnant. The 18-year-old...
Women footballers return to the South but an invisible DMZ remains
Sign up here. As May warms the land, one piece of news has lingered in my mind. On May 20, women from a North Korean...
North Korea–Russia alliance is being built on war, hard currency, and sanctions evasion
Sign up here. Relations between North Korea and Russia have evolved far beyond simple diplomatic cooperation in recent years. What was once a relationship centered...
North Korea amends constitution to finalize rejection of unification
Sign up here. North Korea has revised its constitution to remove references to reunification with South Korea, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said on May 5.The amendment,...
North Korea to send a club team to play in “hostile state” of South Korea… Could a women’s football match open a small crack in the glacier of inter-Korean relations?
Sign up here. Despite long-frozen inter-Korean relations, North Korea’s women’s football team, the Naegohyang Women’s Football Club, will arrive in South Korea on May 17...
The void of civilization
Sign up here. Today, I would like to begin my story by quoting a line from a North Korean song: “We, with 5,000 years of...
The problem of the means of production
Sign up here. These words are often thrown around, but what is the real difference between socialism and capitalism? At its core, it is a...