Launch plans indicate largely unchanged Unha 3 rocket
Rocket drop zones listed in maritime warnings issued by North Korea indicate its planned February satellite launch will take place on a rocket not dissimilar to the Unha-3 that it used on…
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DDOS over, North Korea Tech is back
If you tried to access North Korea Tech over the last week or so, you’ll have failed. The site had to be taken down as a result of a DDOS (distributed…
Lee Hyeonseo on the horrors of North Korea and her escape
North Korean defector Lee Hyeonseo spoke to the Asian American Journalists Association convention in San Francisco on Thursday. Lee is perhaps best-known for her TED talk detailing the amazing story…
Introducing The North Korea Book Store
It sure seems like 2015 is the year of the North Korea book. There have already been a number of high profile autobiographies by defectors and journalists and specialists continue…
Clocks will go back 30 minutes for Pyongyang Time
North Korea will next week take the unusual step of creating its own time zone by shifting clocks back by 30 minutes. Pyongyang Time is being created by a decree…
‘The North Korean posters that got me arrested for espionage’
Willem van der Bijl owns the largest collection of DPRK propaganda pictures outside the country. Were they worth going to prison for? By Maeve Shearlaw, The Guardian Enthusiastic philatelist Willem van…
North Korea in 360 degrees
Film-maker Aram Pan’s new video gives viewers control over where they look to provide an alternative to the carefully staged images often seen By The Guardian A young girl performs…
North Korea’s lights tell story of economic redistribution
NASA’s satellite images of the Korean peninsula at night are a well known and graphic visualization of the huge gap in economic development between North and South Korea. But it turns…
NASA captures seasonal fires in North Korea
A NASA satellite has captured the seasonal fires burning across North Korea at present as farmers clear land for fresh crops. In images snapped by its Terra satellite, smoke can…
