Power, Performance, and Agency: A Review of ‘Millennial North Korea’, by Suk-Young Kim
Account of North Korean mobile, media, and language use finds creative pockets of resistance amid enduring restrictions.
DPRK Media Review: Condemning US Allies and Ignoring Iran
Despite Pyongyang-Tehran ties, and US and Israeli bombardment, Iran mostly remained absent from North Korean media coverage in March.
Diplomatic Review, Q1 2026: China’s Foreign Minister Returns to Pyongyang
Wang Yi made his first visit to the DPRK in nearly six years following the resumption of train and flight services connecting the capitals of China and North Korea .
Seeking Sources: A Review of ‘Forever President’, by Michael Seth
One among a number of recent biographies on Kim Il-sung, this effort over relies on secondary sources, and covers little, if any, new terrain.
DPRK Media Review: Deepening Global Fault Lines
The main party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on condemnation of the US by China and Russia, and tensions with the EU, amid fractured alliances over Venezuela, Greenland, and Iran.
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