

North Korea's Efforts to Create Sports for the Disabled: A Shift in Human Rights Strategy?
Photo Credit: Global Blessing Homepage North Korea, a country often associated with a disturbing record on human rights, was found to...
Haewon Son, NKR Intern
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Disasters and Disaster Management in North Korea in Practice– the Situation in Mid-2022
While international aid has slowed, North Korea continues to suffer devastating natural disasters.
Bernhard Seliger
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North Korea’s Climate & Food Crises
No longer simply an external issue, DPRK has come to view climate change as an existential threat directly tied to the lives of its people.
Ryu Kyunga
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North Korea's International Education: Why and How North Koreans Study Abroad
Profound questions remain about North Korea's relationship with international education and studying abroad.
Matthew Fleming, NKR Intern
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Interview with Dr. Hye-sin Yun -- “The Kim Il-sung Discourse as a Modern Myth"
NKR Interview with Dr. Hye-Sin Yun, whos article on the role of Kim Il-sung mythic discourse in DPRK was published in NKR's Fall 2021 issue.
Junhyoung Lee, NKR Intern
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Interview with Dr. Van Jackson - "Deviant Cases and Near-Miss Crises"
The Asian-peace will come to an end ...; to believe otherwise is to believe that human civilization has changed in some fundamental way.
Matthew Fleming, NKR Intern
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Interview with Dr. Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein - "Let Them Eat Potatoes"
"Let Them Eat Potatoes: Communism, Famine and the Case of North Korea” -- An interview with Dr. Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein.
Elizabeth Campbell, NKR Intern
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1956 August Plenum Incident – Traditionalism vs. Revisionism
NKR interview with David Hall, author of the Fall 2020 NKR article “The 1956 August Plenum Incident: A Historiographical Analysis"
Samuel Dodge, NKR Intern
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Post-2000s Trends in South Korean Research of North Korean Human Rights
Written by Song, Kyungho for the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies. Translated by NKR Intern Samuel Dodge. Original Korean...
Song, Kyungho
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Explaining the boom of leisure activities in North Korea
According to the Korea Development Institute, a recent boom of leisure facilities occurred in North Korea, ranging from the construction...
Alice Jaewon Lee, NKR Intern
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