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North Korea

A Lesson in Source Studies or Did Kim Jong-il Really Invent Shawarma?

In early January, several media outlets ran a clickbait headline, “North Korea Claims Kim Jong-il Invented Shawarma.” This fast-food dish is popular in post-Soviet countries. The statement about its North Korean roots immediately broke into negative comments about how North Korea is duping the people and making them...

Konstantin Asmolov

Ten Years of Kim Jong-un's Rule

It's known that the former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died suddenly at his workplace on December 17, 2011. The man who had the difficult task of taking the country out of a difficult situation caused by a set of natural disasters and radical changes in the international environment, which the DPRK calls "the hard march." Kim Jong il "took North Korea...

Konstantin Asmolov

A Pause in the Talks between the US and North Korea Continues

Since the failure of February 2019’s summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, relations between the US and North Korea have been put on hold, with no active dialogue, but no nuclear crisis or military stand-off. On the one hand, Pyongyang has avoided any talks on the question of denuclearization. On the other hand, it is still...

Konstantin Asmolov

Two Fake Stories about the DPRK in November 2021

Konstantin Asmolov

What can the Pope do in North Korea?

Konstantin Asmolov

The Economic Dimension of China-North Korea Relations

Konstantin Asmolov

Political Dimensions of Bilateral Ties between the PRC and the DPRK during Spring-fall of 2021

Konstantin Asmolov

Nutrionless Fakes about a Coup D'etat in North Korea

Konstantin Asmolov

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