As fascinating as Red Star OS and Samjiyon are, it's important to remember that the vast majority of North Koreans will never be able to use these products. They're simply out of reach for the vast majority of North Koreans who want for essential needs, such as basic nutrition and heal...
He noted that Kim’s record for absence from public view is about 40 days. And in fact, speculation about Kim’s health has happened before when a North Korean leader has sought medical treatment, he added. The time frame between past North Korean leader’s deaths and the announcement of ...
Following the JTBC report, Kim, who defected to the South in 2007, posted a video appealing for rescue should she be kidnapped by the North. Defectors' anxiety grows as relations thaw between North and South Korea According to reports of JTBC and several NGOs, those groups which are suspecte...
s very intensive in a lot of cases to be a child actor, especially depending on the size of the role, their personal information isn’t what’s being shared,” says McCarty. “Whereas in these family vlogger cases, usually it is very intimate and personal details that are shared to a ...
The Korean Peninsula isn’t an easy place to be a woman. North Korea is hardly the bastion of equality that Kim Il Sung promised would be achieved through economic liberation. While women are an important part of the workforce, and drivers of the limited private markets inside the country...
TV show that’s made defectors from North Korea into TV stars. More than 400 defectors have been interviewed on the show, and their stories chart the very latest about life under Kim Jong-un. For many South Koreans, it’s become a key source of information about their northern neighbour....
" And if North Korean defectors have provided no "useful information," could such information have been collected by means other than defectors, such as foreign visitors, signals intelligence or other methods? [BTW, we know North Korean defectors have indeed produced "useful" information, see ...