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• Eternal Recurrence: North Korean Iconography

  By Adam Cathcart on May 21, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Highlighting continuities and nuclear disjunctures in North Korean depictions of the Kim family, Adam Cathcart glosses a Heonik Kwon essay and tags the Mansudae Art Studios.

• A Soupçon of Anger: KCNA-China File No. 23

  By Adam Cathcart on May 19, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Looking back at a period of bilateral agony, Sino-NK returns to December 2012, capturing several critical months of North Korean discussion about China.

• Symbolic Truth: Epic, Legends, and the Making of the Baekdusan Generals

  By Contributor on May 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Yonsei University PhD candidate Benoit Berthelier shows that myth in the DPRK not only elevates the position of the three Kim leaders in succession, but implicates individual Koreans into the myth and binds them closer with every retelling.

• In Need of an Icon: Interview with Blaine Harden [Part 3/3]

  By Adam Cathcart on May 15, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  In the third and last part of a Sino-NK exclusive interview, Blain Harden, author of Escape from Camp 14, discusses with Adam Cathcart the potential impact of the Chinese-language publication and his experience writing the book.

• 6.28 Back on the Docket?: Economic “Improvement” Hints Return

  By Christopher Green on May 13, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  Is economic change on the way, or was it already here, or is the DPRK government spinning yet another yarn? Christopher Green reports on new rhetorical evidence of “improvement” (개선).

• Premier Pak Pong-ju: The Helmsman Looks North

  By Adam Cathcart on May 12, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  If the DPRK’s new Premier is indeed seeking economic reform and outside investment, all roads surely lead north, as Adam Cathcart argues.

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