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‘North South Man Woman’: Love, friction and freedom across the Korean divide (opens the original)
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“The most handsome men live in the South and the most beautiful women live in the North.” This old adage — summed up by the phrase “namnam buknyeo” (“men from the South, women from the North”) — has long stood as a romanticized trope of inter-Korean harmony. Yet in co-directors Sun Kim and Morten Traavik’s […]
Ruling party leader urges Seoul to rethink North Korea’s ‘two-state’ doctrine (opens the original)
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The leader of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party (DP) said Monday that Seoul should not outright dismiss North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s vision of a “two-state” system and that it should consider if the notion could promote peaceful coexistence with Pyongyang. While Kim Jong Un’s two-state doctrine dismantling the vision of a unified Korea […]
Russia, North Korea open their first car bridge in ceremony: state media (opens the original)
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Russia and North Korea opened their first new car bridge to vehicle traffic on Monday, Russian wire services reported, at an official ceremony marking the completion of the crossing across the Tumen River. Russian state-run TASS News Agency reported on the opening of the new motorway link, with Interfax adding that Russia has also completed […]
ROK defense chief nominee vows OPCON push as North Korea threat drives spending (opens the original)
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South Korea’s nominee for defense minister said Thursday he would seek to advance the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) from the United States to Seoul in a way that strengthens the alliance, as the country looks to spend more than $53 billion next year to counter North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. Kang Shin-chul, […]
North Korea researchers likely to be in the dark as defections fall, study says (opens the original)
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A study from a South Korean government-funded think tank warns that researchers should not expect new, annual updates on North Korea’s informal economy in the near future due to the decline in defections since the COVID-19 pandemic. Defector surveys, essentially the only source of micro-level data allowing quantitative analysis on what ordinary North Koreans earn […]
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