Media, Blogs, Books, Films

North Korea Blogs (English)

nyt-banner.JPG New York Times: North Korea Topic Page
A repository of New York Times articles on North Korea with links to additional outside resources
nklw.JPG 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.
dprkstudiessidebar.gif 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.
onefreekorea.jpg 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.
andreilankov.jpg Andrei Lankov’s Random Notes (translated into English by Google)
Andrei Lankov is is an associate professor at Kookmin University in Seoul.  He has authored many articles and books on North Korea.  Read his blog in the original Russian here.
petrov.jpg 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.
neasiamatters.JPG 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.
beal.JPG 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.
coat.png 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.
koreareport.jpg 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.
dprk-exchange.JPG 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)

andreilankov.jpg 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.
coreia.JPG Coreia do Norte
A Portugese-language blog on North Korea issues byRita Colaço, journalist with Portugese National Radio
korea-map1.jpg Koreabloggen
A Swedish-language blog on North Korea issues

Defector Organizations

pscore.JPG 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.
goodfriendslogo.jpg 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.
dailynk.JPG Daily NK
The Daily NK is a frequently cited source offering news and analysis from inside North Korea.
open-radio.JPG 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

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North Korea Books

Below is a list of books on North Korea and links to Amazon.com and Google Books (if available).

tcr.jpg The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters
B.R. Myers

nothing-to-envy.jpg Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Barbara Demick 

nkposters.jpg North Korean Posters: The David Heather Collection

hansorya.jpg 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)

looking_glass.gif North Korea Through the Looking Glass
Kong Dan Oh, Ralph Hassig

hidden-people.jpg The Hidden Lives of the North Korean People
Kong Dan Oh, Ralph Hassig

ulcft.jpg Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader
Bradley Martin

kisnk.jpg Kim il Song’s North Korea
Helen-Louise Hunter

comrades.jpg Comrades and Strangers
Michael Harrold

fink.jpg Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform
Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland

aa.JPG Avoiding the Apocolypse: The Future of the Two Koreas
Marcus Noland

jenkins.jpg The Reluctant Communist (in English)
Charles R. Jenkins

pyongyang.jpg Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
Guy Delisle

acquariums.jpg The Aquariums of Pyongyang
Kang Chol-Hwan

paradise.jpg This is Paradise!: My North Korean Childhood
Hyok Kang, Philippe Grangereau, Shaun Whiteside

2koreas.jpg The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History
Don Oberdorfer

lankov1.jpg North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea
Andrei Lankov

fortress.jpg North Korea: A Strange Socialist Fortress
Hy-Sang Lee

eberstadt.jpg The North Korean Economy: Between Crisis and Catastrophe
Nicolas Eberstadt

nkuc.jpg North Korea Under Communism: Report of an Envoy to Paradise
Erik Cornell

phhnkc2.jpg Pyongyang: The hidden History of the North Korean Capital
Chris springer

eyesoftaillesanimals.jpg Eyes of the Tailless Animals
Soon ok Lee

greatnkf.gif The Great North Korean Famine
Andrew Natsios

toms2.jpg Tears of My Soul
Kim Hyun Hee(ghost writer: Noh Soo-min)

nksipcwa.jpg 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

afnk.jpg The Armed Forces of North Korea
Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.

nkac.jpg North Korea: Another Country
Bruce Cumings

nkob.jpg North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival
Glyn Ford and Soyoung Kwon

ink.jpg Inside North Korea
Mark Edward Harris and Bruce Cumings

aucink.jpg Art Under Control in North Korea
Jane Portal

dprkbook.jpg North Korea: A Guide to Economic and Political Developments
Ian Jeffries

policyelites.JPG 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

nksanctionsbook.jpg Economic Sanctions Against a Nuclear North Korea: An Analysis of United States and United Nations Actions Since 1950

guerilla-dynasty.jpg The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics and Leadership in North Korea
Adrian Buzo

nkwe.JPG North Korea in the World Economy
Edited by: E. Kwan Choi, E. Han Kim, Yesook Merrill

North Korea Films

Below, please find a list of films made in the west about North Korea:

ctl.jpg Crossing the Line (2006)Director: Daniel Gordon

asom.jpg A State of Mind (2003)Director: Daniel Gordon

gol.JPG The Game of Their Lives (2001)Director: Daniel GordonAll Sales enquiries should be addressed to Paul Yi: pyi@ix.netcom.comPhone +1 323 669 7367Fax +1 323 417 5052
aditl.jpg North Korea: A Day in the Life (2004)Director: Pieter Fleury

fok.jpg Friends of Kim (2005)Directors: Raphael Wilking and Hans van Dijk

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).