North Korea

Barbara Demick on How North Korea Became an Obsession

The Author of Nothing to Envy on the Baillie Gifford Prize Podcast, Read Smart

 
By Read Smart  July 25, 2023
Debut Novels

How a North Korean Kidnapping Inspired My Novel

By Ravi Mangla  June 27, 2022
Healthcare

Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Challenge of Writing Satire in Present-Day America

By Jane Ciabattari  June 1, 2022
The Cold War

On the Brink of War: A View of North and South Korea in 1950

By Charles J. Hanley  August 28, 2020
On Translation

The First State-Approved North Korean Novel in English

By Esther Kim  May 13, 2020
The Hub

North Korean writers ordered to produce 70 works of literature about Kim Jong Un’s greatness.

By Jessie Gaynor  March 3, 2020
The Nuclear Age

How We Learned to Start Fearing the Bomb, Again

By Fred M. Kaplan  January 31, 2020
Essay

Looking North from the Edge of Two Koreas

By Crystal Hana Kim  June 12, 2018
Excerpts

What Happens When There’s a Madman in the White House?

By Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis  January 10, 2018
Excerpts

One Man’s Escape From North Korea

By Masaji Ishikawa  January 2, 2018
Feature

Margaret Atwood, Molly Crabapple, and More, Recommend Books to Donald Trump

By Literary Hub  November 6, 2017
Translation

A Short Story Smuggled Out of North Korea

By Bandi   March 8, 2017
Conversations with Legends

Werner Herzog on Volcanoes, North Korea, and the Internet

By Literary Hub  August 3, 2016
Excerpts

A Very Odd Night in a Possibly Fake North Korean Village

By Magnus Bartas and Fredrik Ekman  January 21, 2016

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