North Korean Economy Watch - frequently updated news on a variety of topics related to North Korea
DailyNK - Seoul-based online news site from the Seoul based Network for North Korean Democracy and Human Rights
dprkstudies.org - a "weblog tht focuses chiefly on social, political, and security issues" by Richardson
Korean Central News
Agency - The official news site of North Korea, in Korean, English,
and Spanish (!)
CanKor - news updates and
thinktank on North Korea based in Canada and headed by Erich
Weingartner
Nautilus - Think tank focused on
Asia, publishes a daily new summary called NAPSNET, the "Northeast Asia
Peace and Security Network Daily Report."
www.38north.org - Coming April 2010
zKorean.com - $5 per month
language site with dictionary, language practice, translation tools,
etc
KPA Journal - military journal expected spring 2010. First issue here.
Nambukstory -
(in Korean) reportedly famous blog by a North Korea defector. I can't
read this but found an interesting translation of an entry at Ask a
Korean regarding the
two captured journalists.
Naenara (내나라)
- By the "Korea Computer Center in DPR Korea" including an online store
of DRPK artifacts.
The Babelfish translator
does a bad job with Korean but it is better than nothing.
An on-line Korean Bible.
An Introduction to Korean
by J .David Eisenberg
Pyongyang-metro.com -
trivial bus fascinating, all about the Pyongyang subway system from
Simon Bone.
Major English-language Korean news sites include:
Some Korean-language Korean news sites not available in English
include:
YUST (Yanbian University of Science and Technology)
PUST (Pyongyang University of Science and
Technology)
Google Earth is a downloadable Windows or Macintosh application that allows you to fly over any spot on earth and view satellite photos. All of North Korea is available in low resolution and selected areas including Pyongyang are available in high resolution. Download file below and open it in Google Earth to visit several important sites in North Korea:
dprk.kmz - my
brief list of North Korea Sites
After I started my feeble list I found the following exhaustive list by NKEconWatch: North Korea Uncovered - the most authoritative list of North Korea sites
(If this link becomes broken, go to Google Earth, click on
Community, and search for North Korea)
I have read each of these books and recommend them to anyone interested in North Korea.
When
my name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park.
Historical fiction describing life in Korea under Japanese occupation
during World War II.
Eyes
of the Tailless Animals: Prison Memoirs of a North Korean Woman by
Soon Ok Lee.
Terrifying true story of life in a North Korean jail.
In
North Korea: An American Travels Through an Imprisoned Nation by
Nanchu, Xing Hange.
Chinese-American author toured North Korea and has fascinating accounts
of life there.
Rouge
Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea by Jasper
Becker.
Well known author on China who has turned his attention to North Korea.
Here is an excerpt: "When the
North Korean crisis is defined as being just about proliferation or
restoring the economy,
Kim Jong Il has already won. The issue is no longer a moral one... it
is reduced to a merely
technical problem."
Under
the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader by Bradley K. Martin.
Long, scholarly work is a critical history of the two Kims.