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Asia Times
www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea.html
Lots of articles on all things Asia-related. This page lists news relating to North Korea. The site also has good book reviews and a letters page.
The Chosun Ilbo
http://english.chosun.com
Seoul based newspaper that houses up-to-date political articles on a wide range of issues, many involving North Korea, China and the region.
The Daily NK
www.dailynk.com/english/index.php
North Korea-specific internet newspaper established by the North Korean Democracy Network with up-to-date information on the country, news, video clips (some smuggled out of NK) and articles.
International Press Institute – North Korea
www.freemedia.at/wpfr/Asia/norkor.htm
The IPI is dedicated to the free flow of news and information worldwide and is run by a global network of editors, journalists and media executives. This page hosts brief overviews and updates of the state of repression and lack of freedom of the press in North Korea. The articles are listed in chronological order, annually, from 1998 to 2004 and will give the reader some useful background information.
LiNKOREA
www.xanga.com/linkorea
Blog with lots of entries on the current situation in North Korea and those trying to get out. The is also info on a winter summit coming up in January 2006 in Washington DC.
The Madness of Kim Jong II
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story
/0,11913,1075267,00.html
Two-part Special Report on the North Korean despot and his relationship with Shin Sang-ok, South Korea's most famous movie director. Kim Jong II was a fanatical cineaste and back in 1978 had the film director kidnapped and shipped to North Korea to make propaganda films for him. An incredible story and history of this beleaguered country.
One Free Korea
www.freekorea.blogspot.com/
Blog and commentary on the politics of potential unification.
Secret N Korean Footage Suggests Nascent Dissent
www.infowars.com/articles/world/
nk_secret_footage_suggests_dissent.htm
Article about a video that recently made it out of North Korea, filmed by members of the organised dissent movement, Freedom Youth League, a group determined to reveal the growing level of dissent among North Koreans.