North Korea Insight– category –
Can Communist Regimes Really Reform？
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North Korea Travelogue: I See a Opening Up North Korea
On April 25, by Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, our North Korean tour guide "accidentally" chatted with us about the current situation. She looked directly at me with wide eyes and said calmly but firmly, "We have already opened up". I ... -
Who’s Pushing for North Korea’s Economic Reforms
Southern Weekend Since the end of the Cold War, the DPRK has continued to experience fluctuations of openness to change and contraction to stabilization, behind which there is a conflict between the Juche system of governance in the DPRK... -
Traces of Korean restaurants in China
Let's start with the important conclusion: 2012 to 2015 is the climax period, among the monitored North Korean restaurants, 70% of the North Korean restaurants are concentrated to pop up in these three years. This data matches the change... -
How Many Chinese Airports Are Near the China-North Korea Border?
Hunchun is next to Russia and the Rason region of North Korea, and now there is a direct highway from here to Changchun, less than 500 kilometers. Before the end of this year, probably the high speed train will be opened, then Changchun ... -
Entertainment, Money-making and Desire for Freedom: Young North Koreans in the New Era
State policy in the Kim Jong-un era has failed to build a young force that is willing, and able, to pledge allegiance to the leader from thought to action. Reporter's Note: How do young North Koreans today view North Korea, their ... -
Analysis On the Data of North Koreans visit to China
No country is an island. Whether out of reluctance or active willingness, the number of North Koreans coming to China has been growing at a high rate in recent years. These North Koreans in China are not only engaging with China, but are... -
Why I report North Korea to Chinese Reader-My Lecture at Hokkaido University
In 2005 I worked for Youth Reference, a sub-newspaper of China Youth Daily. It's a newspaper that specializes in international news like the Global Times. Of course our values and style were different from the Global Times. At that time,... -
Travelogue: Unannounced visit to Rason, North Korea’s first special economic zone
"Where to stay?" The skinny North Korean customs officer looked at the computer screen in front of him without lifting his head. "Yanji City, a certain neighborhood, a certain unit, a certain number." I said. "Which way?" . I was so flus... -
20 Years of Rason Free Trade Zone – North Korea’s “Special Zone” in the Shadow of the Juche Economy
Southern Weekend Reporter Qin Xuan The Rason region of the DPRK has now become the Hong Kong of Northeast Asia if the plan of 21 years ago is realized. It is not only a hub for the DPRK to connect with the global trading system, but a...
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