Media, Blogs, Books, Films
North Korea Blogs (English)
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North Korean Leadership Watch
This blog will focus on North Korea’s leadership in the person of Kim Jong-il and those power organizations under his direct and indirect control including the Korean Workers’ Party (KWP), the National Defense Commission (NDC) and the DPRK Government with an emphasis on the North Korean security apparatus and population control. This blog will offer timely news and analysis about the North Korean leadership with as little bias as possible. |
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DPRK Studies
The goal of this site is to promote North Korean Studies by facilitating awareness of North Korean security, political, social, and historical issues by providing commentary and analysis on current and historical events, and to act as a portal to some of the most pertinent news, research, opinion, and organizations covering North Korea. |
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One Free Korea
One Free Korea focuses on US foreign polcy, human rights in North Korea, regional security issues and other aspects of North Korea. |
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Korea Vision
Dr. Leonid A. Petrov is a Research Associate at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Leonid PETROV graduated from St. Petersburg State University (1994) in Russia where he majored in Korean History and Language. He obtained a PhD in History at the ANU (2003) where he specialized in the studies of North Korea. |
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Northeast Asia Matters
The authors have been working in security related career field for a combined total of 37 years (and 26 of those 37 years in the Northeast Asian security arena) and provide readers with pertinent North Korean and Korean peninsula security related information. |
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Tim Beal’s North Korea Portal
This site is maintained by Tim.Beal@vuw.ac.nz as a contribution to the understanding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and to peace and reconciliation on the Korean peninsula via the provision of information from various viewpoints. |
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Korean Friendship Association Forum
The Korean Friendship Association is sponsored by the North Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, an office nearly identical to VOKS in the Soviet Union. This website is explicitly pro-North Korean. |
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Korea Report
This site is dedicated to the reconciliation of peoples and nations affected by the Korean division, a lasting peace in Northeast Asia, and the reunification of Korea. |
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DPRK.SG.Exchange
This group was founded by a group of Singaporeans to establish collaboration in academic and cultural areas with North Korea. |
North Korea Blogs (non-English)
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Andrei Lankov is is an associate professor at Kookmin University in Seoul. He has authored many articles and books on North Korea. His blog is in Russian. |
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Coreia do Norte
A Portugese-language blog on North Korea issues byRita Colaço, journalist with Portugese National Radio |
Defector Organizations
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PSCORE: People for Successful Corean UnificationPSCORE is a South Korea-based non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 2006 by the collaborative efforts of young people from North Korea, South Korea, and other countries. PSCORE’s activities focus on building scenarios for unification, gathering news about North Korea from correspondents in North Korea and educating refugees in South Korea via English language classes and other programs. |
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Good Friends: North Korea Today
Good Friends has been providing information on food shortages in North Korea, raising funds for humanitarian assistance, dispatching activists to national border areas between China and DPRK and having them investigate local situations, and publishing reports on food shortages in North Korea. |
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Daily NK
The Daily NK is a frequently cited source offering news and analysis from inside North Korea. |
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Open Radio North Korea (ORNK)
ORNK broadcasts radio programs to listeners in North Korea and provides a wealth of information from inside the DPRK. |
Planeman on the DPRK military
North Korea Books
Below is a list of books on North Korea and links to Amazon.com and Google Books (if available).
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The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters
B.R. Myers
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Barbara Demick
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North Korean Posters: The David Heather Collection
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Han Sorya and North Korean Literature: The Failure of Socialist Realism in the DPRK
Brian Myers
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Brandt Travel Guide
(2nd Edition)
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North Korea Through the Looking Glass
Kong Dan Oh, Ralph Hassig
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The Hidden Lives of the North Korean People
Kong Dan Oh, Ralph Hassig
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Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader
Bradley Martin
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Kim il Song’s North Korea
Helen-Louise Hunter
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Comrades and Strangers
Michael Harrold
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Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform
Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland
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Avoiding the Apocolypse: The Future of the Two Koreas
Marcus Noland
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The Reluctant Communist (in English)
Charles R. Jenkins
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
Guy Delisle
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The Aquariums of Pyongyang
Kang Chol-Hwan
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This is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood
Hyok Kang, Philippe Grangereau, Shaun Whiteside
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The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History
Don Oberdorfer
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North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
Andrei Lankov
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North Korea: A Strange Socialist Fortress
Hy-Sang Lee
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The North Korean Economy: Between Crisis and Catastrophe
Nicolas Eberstadt
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North Korea Under Communism: Report of an Envoy to Paradise
Erik Cornell
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Pyongyang: The hidden History of the North Korean Capital
Chris springer
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Eyes of the Tailless Animals
Soon ok Lee
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The Great North Korean Famine
Andrew Natsios
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Tears of My Soul
Kim Hyun Hee(ghost writer: Noh Soo-min)
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The North Korean System in the Post-Cold War Era
Editor: Samuel S. Kim
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North Korea: The Politics of Unconventional Wisdom
Han S. Park
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The Armed Forces of North Korea
Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.
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North Korea: Another Country
Bruce Cumings
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North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival
Glyn Ford and Soyoung Kwon
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Inside North Korea
Mark Edward Harris and Bruce Cumings
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Art Under Control in North Korea
Jane Portal
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North Korea: A Guide to Economic and Political Developments
Ian Jeffries
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North Korean Policy Elites
Kongdan Oh Hassig, Project Leader, Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., Kenneth E. Gause, Ralph C. Hassig, Alexandre Y. Mansourov, David J. Smith
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Economic Sanctions Against a Nuclear North Korea: An Analysis of United States and United Nations Actions Since 1950
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The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics and Leadership in North Korea
Adrian Buzo
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North Korea in the World Economy
Edited by: E. Kwan Choi, E. Han Kim, Yesook Merrill
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North Korea Films
Below, please find a list of films made in the west about North Korea:
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Crossing the Line (2006)Director: Daniel Gordon
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A State of Mind (2003)Director: Daniel Gordon
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North Korea: A Day in the Life (2004)Director: Pieter Fleury
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Koryo Tours has a wide selection of films made both in and about the DPRK. To order copies of films made in North Korea, contact Koryo Tours here: info@koryogroup.com and +86 10 6416 7544 (Beijing).
