When I get the funds to do so, I think I am going to order Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader gives a lot of good defector accounts, and this book may be a good addition. I have not heard of this author before, but I may look into more …

In studying the Arduous March, North Korea experienced one of the most deadly famines of the 20th century. According to Marcus Noland and Stephan Haggard in the very well-written book, Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform. Call me odd (which should be no surprise to anybody), but I became an instant fan of these two economists. The reason …

I recieved an interesting E-Mail about older North Korean pictures. The book is called North Korea Caught in Time: Images of War and Reconstruction, and you can buy the book here.
I am kind of disappointed there are no “teaser” pictures to show here, but all the same, I suppose the book is well worth the money because older pictures are …

An author who I have deep respect for has a blog. I did not know he had a blog, and now has been added to the blogroll. The site is in Russian, but the link provided uses a translator from Google. I would have never known this if it was not for his comments on DPRK Studies.
I am green with …

I am very surprised to see this all over the news and a buzz on the blogs as of late. My first glimpse of the story was (amazingly) on Digg, and linked to a Washington Post article. I did a Google search and found more results to the story, and it seems for at least a few moments the North …