Concert of South Korean singers, commonly called K-pop, is a rare event in North Korean capital Pyongyang
North Korea articles on Democracy Chronicles
News about the struggle for better democracy in North Korea. North Korea is not an electoral democracy. According to Freedom House, "corruption and violence is believed to be endemic at every level in the most repressive dictatorship in the world". Also see our articles on and Kim Jong Un.
System to Monitor North Korean Rights Abuses Makes Progress
System to monitor and document human rights violations in North Korea, particularly crimes against humanity
A look at the main charity supporting North Korean political defectors
The North Korean Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea in Seoul was founded by Kim Young Hwa
There is a dark side to the North Korean Olympics spectacle
Athletes are forced to stand in front of crowds to be publicly abused and condemned if they fail to win
Satirical North Korean political art is defector’s way of hitting back
North Korea-born artist and political defector Sun Mu was trained as a propaganda artist in his native North
South Korean songs given rare public performance in North
North Korea has allowed songs from the South to be played in public for the first time in years
An association of alt-right liars
Dysfunction in the White House looks like a smokescreen hiding major conflicts of interest. Add critically understaffed departments and staffers with temporary security clearance, and the agenda looks pretty clear.
The hard road ahead for Korean Olympics detente
The speed of the Olympics-driven rapprochement between divided North and South has been extraordinary
A close up look at North Korea’s princess Kim Yo Jong
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s increasingly influential sister has become one of his closest confidantes
Literary fiction is indispensable to North Korea’s propaganda machine
One of the more illuminating forms of North Korea’s propaganda is the regime’s state-produced fiction