Web Directory

» Asia Times - Cracks in North Korean 'Stalinism'
   Documents how the major peculiarities of Stalinism are slowly disappearing from North Korea, and how the "Hermit Kingdom" is not as hermetic as the government would like.
   http://atimes.com/atimes/Korea/FL07Dg01.html

» Asia Times Online - North Korea's Antique Food Rationing
   Describes the history and de facto collapse of the North Korean government's Public Distribution System (PDS) which rationed food for a majority of its people.
   http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/GA15Dg01.html

» BBC News - N Korea Envoys 'Smuggled Drugs'
   Turkey deports two North Korean diplomats accused of smuggling amphetamine pills into the country.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4083977.stm

» BBC Radio 3: On Location in North Korea
   Listen to this BBC radio documentary recorded in North Korea and view photos of host Andy Kershaw's visit to the country.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/onlocation/northkorea.shtml

» CNN Factsheet - One of the World's Most Secretive Nations
   North Korea is one of the world's most authoritarian and secretive nations, with an economy in dire straits after decades of mismanagement.
   http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/nkorea.facts/

» Ethnologue - Languages of North Korea
   Information about the living languages of the country including population, region, classification, dialects and alternate names.
   http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=KP

» Korea is One!
   Belgian, French and Dutch group formed to promote understanding of North Korea. Offers a pro-North Korean viewpoint, including trip reports and news. In English, Dutch, and French.
   http://korea-is-one.org

» Los Angeles Times - North Korean Facade of Self-sufficiency Can't Hide Signs of Hunger
   Despite efforts to put up a front, North Korea is spiraling down to another famine and mass starvation.
   http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nampo2-2008nov02,0,5245334.story

» NK Missions - The World Center for North Korea Missions
   Evangelical Christian ministry seeking to mobilize and coordinate efforts for North Korea missions. Includes discussion forums, news, and information on volunteering and participating.
   http://www.nkmissions.com/

» Nautilus Institute: DPRK Briefing Book
   Topically arranged links to Web resources, such as studies and reference materials, that provide background information relating to security, foreign relations, and economic, humanitarian, and political issues.
   http://www.nautilus.org/DPRKbriefingbook/index.html

» New YorkTimes - Views Show How North Korea Policy Spread Misery
   Interviews with eight people who recently left North Korea paint a haunting portrait of desperation and political resentment.
   http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/asia/10koreans.html

» North Korean Studies
   Articles and links to Web sites about contemporary North Korean society and politics, relations with Russia and Australia, and Soviet Koreans.
   http://north-korea.narod.ru

» PBS NewsHour - Online Forum: The North Korea Famine
   A 1997 discussion on famine in North Korea and links to related interviews.
   http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/august97/korea_8-26.html

» SinoKorea
   China-based Web site devoted to information on North Korea. Includes forum. In English and Chinese.
   http://dprk-cn.com/en

» Stories from the People's Paradise, North Korea
   Journalist Ron Gluckman reports on slices of life in North Korea: the 1966 soccer squad that nearly reached the World Cup finals, a museum of lavish birthday gifts to former leader Kim Il Sung, stories of defectors, a train trip to Pyongyang, a visit to t
   http://www.gluckman.com/PageNK.htm

» Welcome to North Korea
   2001 film depicts a dichotomy between the poverty of North Koreans and the personality cult and propaganda of their leaders. [53 minutes]
   http://www.jonhs.net/freemovies/welcome_to_north_korea.htm