North Korea is in the throes of economic and social, if not political, transition. These changes have a pronounced gender dimension: the crisis of the command e

In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. Based on vast expertise, this

After providing an accessible history of the nation, the author turns his focus to what North Korea is, what its leadership thinks and how its people cope with

The Korean women’s movement, which is seen in both Western and non-Western countries as being exemplary in terms of women’s activism, experienced a dramatic

In 2002, North Korea passed market liberalization reforms that allowed market forces to determine food prices. In the years to follow, the number of North Korea