There is real change in North Korea, but it’s not due to sanctions, summits, or cogent statecraft, says Liberty in North Korea’s Sokeel Park. Instead, he says, change is driven by the 25 million North Koreans not named Kim Jong Un,

This week, the NK News team explores the implications of war remains returned to the U.S., the contentious restaurant worker defector issue, and ongoing sports and film exchanges between the two Koreas. Also discussed?

Peter Ward spent the last three and a half weeks traveling around North Korea, observing first-hand the increasing marketization of the country and its impact on society. Whether this will lead to reform and opening up is another question, he says,

Peter Ward spent the last three and a half weeks traveling around North Korea, observing first-hand the increasing marketization of the country and its impact on society. Whether this will lead to reform and opening up is another question, he says,

Escalating tensions on the peninsula, followed by a last-minute diplomatic “breakthrough” to cool things down, then headache after headache as a long-term deal seems just out of reach. Lieutenant Colonel Steve Tharp has seen this all before.

Often overlooked in the pomp and circumstance of summit diplomacy are the millions of North Koreans that have the most to gain and lose from how those negotiations play out. In this episode of the North Korea News Podcast,

North Korea may be the most isolated nation on Earth, but its population (and state) are more tech-savvy than would appear. For this episode of the North Korea News Podcast, we bring you an important conversation on surveillance and censorship in North...

With genuine reform and opening up being discussed seriously in policy circles in Seoul and elsewhere, what investment opportunities and risks exist in North Korea? South Korean wealth managers are scrambling to take advantage of the recent détente bet...

Ambreen Mustafa of the Pakistan embassy to the DPRK calls us live from Pyongyang to discuss the mood in North Korea, share what daily life is like for a foreign diplomat, and explain why the country may be the most serene place on Earth.

In a purportedly egalitarian society like North Korea, classes or hierarchy outside of the Paektusan lineage should technically not exist. But there is a clear dissonance between this idea and the expectations placed on women to use honorifics and spee...