One Vision, Two Realities: Inside Urban and Rural North Korean Nurseries in the 1950s

By | December 23, 2025

Post-war era saw emergence of a ‘scientific’ childhood model – and a growing divide between cities and the countryside in the DPRK.

Man-Made No More: A Review of ‘Women-led Grassroots Capitalism’, by Dalton and Jung

By | December 19, 2025

Pioneering work sources dozens of DPRK migrants to determine female role in shift from state to market economy.

RG242 Files: Rare Early Political Prisoner Data from North Korea

By | December 16, 2025

NARA file from 1947 offers unique official snapshot of political detainees in early North Korea under Soviet rule, the origin of persistent rights abuses today.

After Berlin: Assessing UK Foreign Office Talks on Korean Unification in the 1990s

By | December 12, 2025

FCO archive release shows division on reunification discussions between ROK Embassy, and British officials and scholars soon after Soviet collapse.

Dropping Denuclearisation: North Korea in China and US Defence Priorities

By | December 09, 2025

US and Chinese government decisions to soften tone on nuclear threat represents latest positive for Pyongyang amid improving ties with global powers.

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