| Amidst
Snows & Lies: A Journey into North Korea 1994 |
David Franken's travel diary with
pictures |
 AreaStudies.org:
North Korea |
Links on North Korea-related topics
including Human Rights & WMD & propaganda; information & commentary
provided by several "individuals -- in government
careers, academia, the military, and other professional
pursuits -- with considerable experience in the region" |
| CIA
- The World Factbook: Korea, North
|
Introduction; geography; people; government;
economy; communications; transportation; military; transnational
issues
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| DPRK
- North Korea
|
Compiled by Tim Beal (Victoria University
of Wellington): Food supply & aid;
peninsular relations; foreign relations; economic & business
developments; academic papers & commentaries; miscellaneous
articles; links & seminars;
Pyongyang Report (online newsletter)
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| DPRK
Briefing Book |
The Nautilus Institute's work-in-progress
that "will cover approximately two-dozen "Policy
Areas," each containing issue briefs, critical analyses
from diverse perspectives, and key reference materials" |
| Democratic
People's Republic of Korea
|
Korea WebWeekly's extensive list of resources
on North Korea, including information on Kim Jong Il & Kim
Il Sung, articles by Kim Myong Cho, the 'unofficial spokesman" of
North Korea, current issues, & military affairs
|
 Democratic
People's Republic of Korea: Country Brief |
From
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade:
overview; relations with Australia; DPRK government & economy; more information (Aug. 2005) |
| From
Ming to Kim |
Andrew
Arnold on Guy Delisle's Pyongyang: a Journey in North Korea, a French-Canadian animator's graphical memoir of his 2 months there in 2001
(Time, Sept. 23, 2005) |
Glimpses
of a Hermit Nation
Part
1
Part
2: Trading Ideals for Sustenance
|
Portrait
of Chongjin, North Korea's third-largest city, based
on interviews & surreptitiously shot video, by Barbara Demick, with videos, photos & graphics (Los Angeles Times, July 3-4, 2005) |
| In
North Korea |
Jon Cannon on the view of North
Korea from the Chinese border city of Dandong & a
journey to Pyongyang (London Review of Books,
Aug. 10, 2000) |
| Koryo
Tours |
Commercial site of company handling
independent travel and group tours to North Korea: photo
galleries; tour tips; DPRK profile; links |
| Letter
from Pyongyang
|
An essay on the history & current conditions
of North Korea, by an anonymous specialist in nuclear affairs
(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 2002)
|
| Library
of Congress Country Studies: North Korea
|
One of the Area Handbook Series
|
| Life
after Tyranny: Happy Birthday, North Korea |
Simon Bone's travelogue with pictures:
Mount Myohyang; Pyongyang; Panmunjom (Sept. 1998) |
| Lonely
Planet World Guide: North Korea
|
Facts for the traveler & other useful
information
|
| North
Korea 1:200,000 Soviet Topographic Maps |
Online
topographic maps held by UC Berkeley Library |
| North
Korea: Selected Internet Resources
|
Library of Congress's Portals to the World:
general resources; business, commerce, economy; geography; government,
politics, law; recreation & travel; media & communications;
science & technology; search engines
|
| North
Korea - Suspicious Minds |
Frontline World documentary on 2
reporters' journey to North Korea: interviews; short
history of U.S.-North Korean relations; facts & stats;
links & resources; map |
| North
Korea: March 1995 -- "Please Bow to the Great
Leader" |
Paul Bakker's travelogue with photos |
| North
Korea Review |
From Jamestown Foundation: expert
commentary on the crisis, insiders' views on the Pyongyang
regime, the multilateral talks & North Korean drug
trafficking, & a Russian general on Kim Jong Il (Mar.
1, 2004) |
| North
Korea Zone |
Weblog "for discussion & information
exchange about North Korea," with entries indexed
by categories, newsfeeds, & links to news sources,
blogs & other resources |
| North
Korean Studies
|
Maintained by Leonid A. Petrov (The Academy
of Korean Studies) "free
publication & dissemination
of analytical materials on North Korea (DPRK), its relations
with Russia & Australia, research on history & historiography, & the
problems of Soviet Koreans"
|
| North
Korea WWW Virtual Library
|
Part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library & edited
by M.Y.Han: topically organized
|
| Official
Page of the Democratic Republic of Korea
|
(in English, Chinese, Spanish, Norwegian,
Esperanto, & Polish) "Created by the Korean Friendship
Association with the support & official recognition from
the government authorities of the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea": tourism; geography; history; politics; society;
unification; e-library Kim Il-sung
|
| Pan-Pacific
Economic Development Association of Korean Nationals:
DPRKorea Infobank |
(in Korean, English, Chinese & Japanese)
A official North Korean site: news; leader Kim Jong-il's
main activities; export show hall; folk tradition in
Korea; folk tales; information organized by various political,
economic & cultural categories |
| Pyongyang
Square - information on North Korea
|
"your gateway to the latest news & background
on North Korea (DPRK)": special features; recent headlines;
DPRK economic projects
|
| A
Visit to North Korea
|
Suki Kim's account of a Korean American's
2002 visit (The New York Review of Books, Feb. 13, 2003)
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