Over the past decade, China has grown increasingly concerned about its waning leverage over North Korea and inability to ...

Though Mao Zedong’s regime began by lauding the USSR as ... prepared for the possibility of an invasion by the Soviets. Meanwhile, Kim Jong Un’s grandfather Kim Il Sung made much of his policy of ...

The upheavals of the Cultural Revolution left the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party eager for stability, even as forces ...

Kim Nam Gil, Lee Ha Nee, Kim Sung Kyun, and more from Season 1 will be reprising their roles in the upcoming season. In the newly released stills, Kim Hae Il (Kim Nam Gil) and Goo Dae Young (Kim ...

There is often a significant disparity between North Korea’s stated policies and their implementation. In fact, looking back ...

One highlight features BIBI teaching Kim Sung Kyun the popular Pikki Pikki dance as Kim Nam Gil looks on, laughing and offering feedback. The scene becomes even more amusing when Kim Sung Kyun ...

Before defecting to South Korea in 1991, Ko was a diplomat in Pyongyang who served as an interpreter of French for the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung. Ko cited recent news reports from the ...

Kim Jong-il succeeded his father and founder of the DPRK, Kim Il-sung, after the elder Kim passed away in 1994. Kim Jong-il was the Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea and ...

China Media Project has published a translation of an extended article by Qin Shi at the Mang Mang newsletter, detailing the work and attitudes of some of China’s legions of low-paid ...

And then there’s that one of Chairman Mao Zedong. It’s a good question. On the bicep of his right arm the boxer has an tattoo of Chairman Mao Zedong, the former Chinese leader. Despite the ...