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Parallel Thoughts

A group of children pose for a group photo under the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on the 75th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, at Mansudae hill in Pyongyang, Feb. 16, 2017.

North Korea Controls Its People by Keeping Them in The Dark About The Country's History

Much of the secretive nation's early history has been airbrushed to serve the regime's current propaganda and control needs.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) visiting a process of quilt production at the Pyongyang Kim Jong Suk Silk Mill in Pyongyang, in undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Jan. 9, 2017.

The North Korean Policy Changes That Dare Not Speak Their Name

U.S. President Barack Obama meets President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, Nov. 10, 2016.

North Korea May be Mistaken in Thinking Novice Trump Will Let it Off the Hook

Flood damage near the Tumen River in North Korea is shown on Sept. 18, 2016.

North Korean Land Reform Softens Impact of Floods

2016-10-21
North Korean crafts on display at a China-North Korea trade show in the Chinese border city of Dandong, in file photo.

North Korea Needs Foreign Investment, But Has Done Little to Attract It

2016-09-20
File photo of North Korean government bonds.

North Korea's Uncomfortable Acceptance of Markets

2016-09-02
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the Paektusan architectural institute in Pyongyang in an undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, July 14, 2016.

'Developmental Dictatorship' Could be North Korea's Most Hopeful Future

2016-07-19
Participants attend the opening ceremony of a rail link to Russia from the North Korean port city of Rajin, in a file photo.

North Korea's Infrastructure Neglected in Favor of 'Real' Industry

2016-06-20
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a photo session with the participants in the Seventh Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, in undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), May 13, 2016.

North Korea's Kim Largely Ignores Economy at 7th Party Congress

2016-05-17
South Korean activists display banners lampooning North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as police block the launch of anti-North Korea balloons across the border on the birthday of the North's founding leader Kim Il Sung, April 15, 2016.

Familiarity Breeds South Korean Indifference to the North's Threats

2016-04-18
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